Concept in Definition ABC

The traffic light It is one of the most characteristic elements of the streets of any town of the world and one of the Road signs most important to which we must pay sum attention since its mission is to regulate vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

That is, through the three lights that they have and that turn on alternately, cars and pedestrians know if they have to stop, if they must be alert because they have little time to travel or if they have a free way to circulate on the road or path on which they are make.

The green color implies that the car It can travel on the roads at the speeds and with the conditions established by the rest of the regulations, when it changes to yellow it indicates to the motorist that he must reduce his March because soon the red light will arrive, which is the one that indicates that you must stop the march because the Street that crosses is the one that from that moment will have free march and also pedestrians will have the possibility of crossing the street through the corresponding crosswalk.

The latter is extremely important that is respected because the car must stop just before or in the line that anticipates the pedestrian path, so then when the traffic light changes from green to yellow the motorist must be alert that the change to red is imminent and then you should slow down to stop before reaching the path pedestrian.

On the other hand, there are traffic lights whose mission is to guide pedestrians, for example, what ideal is that when you are in the role of pedestrian you check them with attention and detail. Normally it presents the figure of a person walking and when it is turned on with light Transparent indicates to the pedestrian that they can cross without problems because traffic is stopped and has step; when the little man is stopped and flashes red he warns the pedestrian to hurry because soon the signal will change to that of the little man standing, fixed and illuminated with a red light that indicates DO NOT cross any way.

From the foregoing then it is clear that not respecting the signals of a traffic light constitutes a very serious road offense that can be plausible of be punished through a fine that involves money or withdrawal of the driver's license, depending on the laws and the reiteration of fouls.