And if you should decide to come to Mexico, you should not confuse this.
Here the flashing green light means it is about to change to yellow, so you
must start to break or step on it.

Gabriel


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth C. Finney <kfinney@HOME.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Car LED lighting system; PIC filament monitoring


> > I went to toronto and have seen these blinking greens.. I
> > was told they indicate
> > the other side has yellow, and if the coast is clear, go,
> > otherwise, wait until
> > it's steady.  I don't recall how reliable my source was
> > though, so who knows...
>
>It's called an 'advance green'. It is the same as a green left turn arrow,
>except
>it requires no additional hardware (ie. lights) to implement.
>
>And no, the opposing traffic has a red light during this advance green, not
>a yellow.
>
>It is common across Canada.
>
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>Kenneth C. Finney
>=========================================
>Wilkes Associates, Inc.
>Software Engineering - Embedded Systems
>Design & Development - Project Management
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Adam Davis
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:53 PM
> > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Car LED lighting system; PIC filament monitoring
> >
> >
> > I went to toronto and have seen these blinking greens.. I
> > was told they indicate
> > the other side has yellow, and if the coast is clear, go,
> > otherwise, wait until
> > it's steady.  I don't recall how reliable my source was
> > though, so who knows...
> >
> > -Adam
> >
> > Matt Bonner wrote:
> > >
> > > John Pfaff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > During a recent trip to Canada, I couldn't figure out
> > why the green lamp was
> > > > flashing for the first several seconds after switching
> > from red to green.
> > > > It turns out that is a signal that it is OK to make a
> > left turn, opposing
> > > > traffic still has a red signal; much like a green left
> > turn arrow.
> > >
> > > Tourists beware!  This is a generalization - every
> > Canadian city I lived
> > > in does something different.  Vertical lights, horizontal lights,
> > > flashing amber (gives a little extra warning so that you
> > speed up to
> > > make the light)...
> > >
> > > The only variation on left turn signals that I *haven't*
> > seen is the one
> > > John mentions.
> > >
> > > --Matt
> >