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Traffic Light

By LBXJoker112

  • The First Stop Light

    The First Stop Light
    Made in 1868 to help pedistrans walk across the street without fearing horses
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    The Evolution of the Traffic Light

  • The end of the Gas Traffic Light

    The end of the Gas Traffic Light
    A Police man was injured by the Traffic Light and it was taken out of London.

  • First electric traffic light

    First electric traffic light
    An American policeman, Lester Wire, who was concerned with the increasing traffic, came up with the idea of the first electric traffic light.

  • First electric traffic light installed

    First electric traffic light installed
    Based on Wire’s design, the lights were first installed in Cleveland, Ohio, at the corner of 105th and Euclid Avenue.

  • First three-colored four-way traffic lights

    First three-colored four-way traffic lights
    A policeman named William Potts in Detroit, Michigan invented the first four-way and three-colored traffic lights. Apart from red and green, a third color – amber (or yellow) – was introduced.

  • First computerized traffic lights

    First computerized traffic lights
    Over time, computers improved, and the traffic lights subsequently improved, and they could now monitor traffic and change lights accordingly. Based on the software, the traffic of a city could now be predicted and accordingly controlled.