In B.C. and the Yukon, that more relaxed flashing green means you're at a pedestrian-controlled intersection and you should watch out for people crossing.
What does a flashing green light at an intersection mean in Vancouver? They’re a little slower, but I thought they meant the same thing they do everywhere else – it’s an advance green and you can turn or go straight. It took a few honks and a near-miss for me to figure out that I was wrong. Why are they different there? – Chris, Toronto"Our green ball flashes at 60 flashes per minute whereas the Ontario flash rate was a higher flash rate," says aexplaining the phenomenon.
But in British Columbia and the Yukon, that more relaxed flashing green means you're at a pedestrian-controlled intersection and you should watch out for people crossing. "I understand it means something different in other places," says Vancouver police Const. Brian Montague."But here, it's always been to show it's a light controlled by pedestrians."the button is pushed, it changesThen it's back to a flashing green until the next time somebody pushes the button.
Other provinces have lights that stay green until pedestrians change them – but their greens don't flash."The reason why they flash is to differentiate them from full signals," says City of Vancouver spokesman Jag Sandhu in an e-mail. Drivers approaching a flashing green know that the side streets have a stop sign instead of a red light – so they know traffic could be cutting across, Sandhu says Section 131 of B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act says drivers approaching a flashing green must drive in a manner that would allow them to stop for any pedestrians that might be in the crosswalk.
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