Text file: 6664.txt
author: Buba1
downvotes: 3
end consideration date: 2015-04-29
id: '6664'
number comments: 9
number views: 1514
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nThe abolition of green flashing\
  \ lights at traffic lights was introduced by the Road Traffic Safety Act ZVCP -\
  \ 1 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 83/04), which was published\
  \ in the Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia on 29.7.2004 and entered into\
  \ force on 1.1.2005. The Act, in point 14.119. Article 119, paragraph 14, stipulates\
  \ that the lights on traffic signalling devices must not be flashing, with the exception\
  \ of the red flashing lights on a traffic sign at a level crossing and the yellow\
  \ flashing lights.\nThe definition follows the provisions of the Convention on Road\
  \ Signs and Signals (Vienna, November 1968), under which flashing green lights are\
  \ not allowed. The lights on a three-bar traffic light used to regulate vehicular\
  \ traffic may only be implemented in such a way that they are permanently lit during\
  \ a certain phase. When the three-colour traffic light is not working, only the\
  \ yellow light (flashing yellow light) is allowed to flash. Of course, the provisions\
  \ of the Convention are not the only reason. More importantly, this restriction\
  \ is based on research findings which confirm that there are not a few drivers who,\
  \ when approaching an intersection with a flashing green light, instead of easing\
  \ off the accelerator and stopping before the intersection with a yellow or red\
  \ light, continue to press the accelerator pedal and try to catch the last flash\
  \ of the green light.\nThe driver's decision when to brake and stop at a traffic\
  \ light depends on the level of attention he pays to traffic, his willingness to\
  \ take risks, the time constraints he is under and local habits, which are closely\
  \ related to the level of control and repressive measures for red light running.\
  \ In traffic psychology, this is considered one of the most open areas because there\
  \ are so many factors that influence a driver's decision, and the consequences are\
  \ encounters before an intersection when drivers' expectations and decisions are\
  \ completely different, or, on the other hand, collisions at an intersection due\
  \ to running a red light.\nA part of Slovenia has not known the green light (Maribor)\
  \ and, judging by the reactions, does not want to know it. That being said, this\
  \ is perfectly understandable and therefore the dilemma of whether to introduce\
  \ the green light in a part of Slovenia that has not known it before or to do away\
  \ with it where we have it was not really a dilemma at all.\nWhen the green flashing\
  \ light was changed, the yellow lights extended the burning time, namely at junctions\
  \ on roads where the speed limit is 3 seconds at 50 km/h, 4 seconds at 60 km/h and\
  \ 5 seconds at 70 km/h, during which time the vehicle travels almost 100 m and easily\
  \ clears the junction.\nAs driving practice on how to handle an intersection is\
  \ only formed after many years, any change to the system can be a negative measure\
  \ from a safety point of view. We do not intend to take this proposal into account\
  \ in any further changes to road safety legislation, for the arguments put forward.\n\
  \ "
response date: 2015-05-26
response due date: null
sent date: 2015-03-31
title: introduction of flashing green lights in places where the limit is higher than
  50 km/h
upvotes: 30
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/6664
