Livestream video records red light changes at new Melluži pedestrian crossing
Car news portal iAuto.lv has published a livestream video from the new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing in Melluži, with timecodes marking how often the red light comes on. The recording also shows a woman with a stroller crossing on red.
The car news portal iAuto.lv has published a recorded livestream from the new signal-controlled pedestrian crossing in Melluži. The video aims to show how often, and for what, the red light comes on at the crossing. Traffic lights at crossings are a road safety matter, since they set the rhythm of behaviour for both pedestrians and drivers.
What the recording shows
At the start of the video, at 00:00, the red light is already on. The red signal then comes on again at 00:41, 04:16, 17:19, 18:16, 19:32, 20:28, 22:32, 26:20, 27:27, 35:01 and 35:59. In total, the timecodes mark eleven moments when red comes on, not counting the opening frame.
The green light is marked only once in the recording, at 12:26. The authors focused on the red signal, so other phase timings of the traffic light are not given in the publication.
A pedestrian crossing on red
The authors singled out one episode: at 03:35 an elderly woman with a stroller crosses while the red signal is on. No other crossings are mentioned in the timecodes.
What is not known
The publication gives no explanation of how the traffic light operates, does not say who ordered the crossing to be installed, and offers no conclusions or recommendations. The material is a video with timecodes that lets viewers check the signal changes for themselves.
