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  2. Built-up area (Highway Code) - Wikipedia

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    A 30 mph speed limit reminder road sign. Used when there is insufficient street lighting for a road to legally have an automatic 30 mph speed limit. In the UK Highway Code for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a built-up area is a settled area in which the speed limit of a road is automatically 30 mph (48 km/h). In Wales it's 20 mph (32 ...

  3. Variations in traffic light operation - Wikipedia

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    In some areas, a "prepare to stop" sign with two alternately flashing yellow lights is installed in locations where a high-speed road (design speed usually at least 55 mph / 90 km/h) leads up to a traffic light, where the traffic light is obscured from a distance (or both conditions), or before the first traffic signal after a long stretch of ...

  4. Street light - Wikipedia

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    A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, streetlamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform .

  5. Rules of the Road: Lights and sirens, oh my! When to pull ...

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    Q: Do the cars on my side of the road need to pull over when an emergency vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction? Are there different rules for two-lane versus multi-lane? Are there ...

  6. Traffic light control and coordination - Wikipedia

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    A junction for road vehicles and pedestrians controlled by traffic lights in the UK. The various vehicle and pedestrian movements are separated in either time or space for safety and efficiency. The normal function of traffic lights requires more than sight control and coordination to ensure that traffic and pedestrians move as smoothly, and ...

  7. Traffic light - Wikipedia

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    An LED 50-watt traffic light in Portsmouth, United KingdomTraffic lights, traffic signals, or stoplights – also known as robots in South Africa, [1] [2] Zambia, and Namibia – are signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations in order to control the flow of traffic.

  8. List of gaps in Interstate Highways - Wikipedia

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    Mildred Street southbound is closed by concrete barriers. I-19 between North West Street and its southern terminus at West Crawford Street at North Sonoita Avenue, in Nogales, Arizona, consists of surface streets with traffic lights. The signage of this segment is intended to help direct traffic entering from Mexico to the nearest interstate.

  9. Geometric design of roads - Wikipedia

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    Sight distance, in the context of road design, is defined as "the length of roadway ahead visible to the driver".[1] Sight distance is how far a road user (usually a vehicle driver) can see before the line of sight is blocked by a hill crest, or an obstacle on the inside of a horizontal curve or intersection.