• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Do they ever? You don’t get to control traffic as a random person on the street—for anything that’s not a super low traffic street, mostly in residential areas. Maybe it works like the weight sensors at stop lights, where it doesn’t exactly change the cycle, it just lets the system know not to keep the most heavily trafficked road going?

      I’d imagine. I dunno. I just always assumed they did nothing.

      • onion@feddit.de
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        7 months ago

        There are pedestrian crossings that are not at an intersection but a straight road, where pressing the button does stop the cars for you to cross. There is no cycle, the cars have green until someone wants to cross

      • melooone@feddit.de
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        7 months ago

        In my city there is a T intersection where the top part of the T is a busy road with a traffic light and I once saw some kids pressing the button as a “joke” when they are not even crossing. Usually its always green but if it turns red it causes a huge lineup of cars, especially during rush hour.