Don't Stop at These Red Traffic Lights
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- Secondary traffic lights are there as a back up and to help you see when you are too close to the primary light. In this video I help you recognise the difference between a secondary and primary lights and how to deal with both.
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00:00 Primary and Secondary Traffic Lights
01:21 Why have Secondary Traffic Lights?
02:21 Secondary Traffic Light Locations
02:47 Don't Stop Here
04:55 Do Stop Here
06:46 Turning Right Across Traffic
10:07 Wig Wag Traffic Lights
11:18 Temporary Traffic Lights
Should be noted that with wigwags, if they are flashing, no vehicle is permitted to pass them, even emergency vehicles on a blue light run. That’s why they are used instead of normal traffic lights at such locations.
Excellent information, thank you.
Never heard those called wig wags before! I know what they are, just never heard that name used to describe them. My understanding as that vehicles on emergency calls were exempt from those rules?
@@severnsea That would be a horrible exemption! You do not want emergency vehicles playing chicken with oncoming trains at un-barriered rail crossings for example.
@@Hairy_Takoyaki I can't remember for certain, I'll have to look it up when UI have more time but they're allowed to go through red lights and break the speed limits so I don't see the difference. You have to remember we're talking about professional drivers trained to assess every situation on the go, they're not going to behave like they stole the car.
@@severnsea Going through red lights at road junctions (where most collisions occur in the course of responding to an emergency) and speeding along roads in excess of the local speed limits I can understand, but these wigwags lights are not your average lights at normal locations.
A train is not going to stop on a dime for anything. A fully laden fire engine exiting the fire station at speed along with another speeding emergency responder rushing across it's path would make for an increase in risk and I'd bet the fire engine would win any arguments against even ambulances/police vans.
Yes, they're trained on an advanced level over your average driver but surly that would mean they would be professional about it if the rule is even they are not to jump a red wigwag.
Thanks Richard,passed my driving test today with 4 minors ,First attempt.Watched lot of your videos and it really went a long way to hep me
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congrats! 👏🏾
same as me i passed with 4 minors 😂🎉 congrats
@@MontagelifeTM nice one!
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Thanks for all you do ….. I’m from Chicago and visited the UK requiring a car hire, …. After watching your videos, I took like a duck to water, driving was easy …. The only thing is I thought I ran a red light ….. but it was only a secondary light ! So spot on! Thanks
Spot on, i passed my test in 1980 and now living on a fairly busy road with traffic lights & yellow box it never ceases to amaze me how many drivers young and old stop on the secondary traffic light, i can only wish the local council together with police would somehow educate these drivers as it normaly causes chaos for all road users
Thats because there's so many pedestrian crossings placed directly next to road junctions but with independent lights which look like secondary lights and secondary lights which look - particularly when turning - like independent pedestrian lights www.google.com/maps/@51.5698298,0.4219059,3a,83.5y,177.06h,71.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6WtFL6Wh8QQ-V48dRfhCSw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
I’m in my 60s and I’ve been driving since 18 and both my wife and I watch your videos because we STILL learn things! In the flying world you’d make a brilliant QFI. As we say “great patter”.
Even tho I'm not from the UK I still find your videos useful.
Passed first time with 6 minors a few weeks ago- thanks to my instructor but undoubtedly also Richard's videos. A treasure trove of information and experience.
Same here… passed with 6 d/fs, on the second time of asking. Thank you Richard - your videos really helped! :-)
6 ? Please dont come near me in a car 🙏
@@lzzbabyy nerd
@@lzzbabyy it’s a pass - far better than a fail! :-)
@@kazzykazbat824 dangerous driver. Should be a fail after 3 minors
Shout out to the almost invisible stop lines on a lot of the illustrated junctions.
i want to give you a huge thanks for clarify this situation with new drivers like me. It let me safely drive and have confidence on that. Great thanks to you!!
I’ve had my licence for almost 20 years and I enjoy your videos ❤ always good to make sure that I’m driving correctly
Passed my test first time a week ago after only 21 lessons at the grand old age of 40! Half of the help was from my fabulous instructor and the other half was from your amazing videos and advice Richard - so thank you!
I am still back tuning in and learning to be a safer and more confident driver, but I'm out everyday for several hours on my own driving around town and new places honing my skills, again thanks to you ❤
Learners and new drivers are so lucky to have this type of info - well done!!!!
Great video as always Richard. I passed a few months ago after learning mostly from your videos and always come back to keep learning.
Actually cleared me up on that cycles box. I always thought cars had no business being in there, ever. Now I know it's allowable if needed to make the stop. Thanks, guvnor!
I passed today aswell 5 minors, great help.
Congratulations 🎉
Congratulations! Happy driving
Congrats!
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Just passed my exam in France. Thanks for the great content and wish you the best 💫
I love watching these videos, even though I've recently passed - you learn something new, and there's such a nice vibe. Thanks for the videos!
thanks again Richard, I finally passed my driving test today on my second attempt with 2 minors!
your videos about driving nerves really helped me stay calm and me and the examiner had a nice chat throughout the drive. thanks a lot for the work you do! :D
Your videos are so helpful Richard, I stopped at a secondary light before that wasn't for me, you explain things so well 🙂
Thank you so much Richard! I asked this a while ago, and this certainly helps, more people should see this as it is a daily struggle to get around blocked junctions. (PS: Rover SD1 sounds like a good podcast to be listening to)
We frequently see cars stopping at the secondary lights in Marple where I live. Twice over the past few years, I've seen police drivers stopping. One police driver even beckoned me to cross in front of him while the pedestrian light was at red! Cars behind him didn't dare hoot at him because he was in a police van :o
In France, there is usually only primary traffic lights (located near the stop line) while in the US, there is only a secondary (farside) light. Besides, the TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions) and TSM (Traffic Signs Manual) actually mandate at least two traffic lights for the UK.
Passed first time today with only two minors. 🎉 Thank you for all the videos, Richard!
I remember turning right at lights and stopping at a secondary red for the crossing traffic when I was learning, I scared the crap out of my instructor. Never made that mistake again!
Been driving for 10 years and stopped at a secondary red for the first time yesterday on a right turn. No idea why, I was just unfamiliar with the road and had a ‘moment’. Thankfully it was just a moment before I realised what I’d done and cleared the junction.
Funnily enough this was in my feed today - even with experience it’s always good to analyse your mistakes and refresh your knowledge.
Just passed my driving test about an hour ago with 2 minors on my second attempt. Thanks for the videos Richard, they’ve really helped me since I’ve started driving
I've never heard of people stopping at secondary lights until now, definitely something to look out for, thanks :)
Thanks Richard for sharing so many useful video clips. They are really helpful to new drivers in the UK like me. I can now drive into the big roundabout and go to more places. I wish I can manage to turn right at the busy crossroads on my own one day. 🤣
YES! MY FAVIURITE TIME OF THE WEEK!
Great video by Sir Richard 😊
Couldn’t sleep for few nights after I went through a red traffic light 😅 as a new driver, thanks to tell it’s okay cause it was a secondary traffic light 😂 Great appreciate for the videos which always help 🙏🏼🙏🏼
It was surprising how many people would attempt to do this on their driving test. Great explanation
Nice watch; looking at other comments you should keep your upload days as Monday to make everyone Monday’s better😊
Well done Richard 😮
Please share this kind of information more and more!!
Always excited for Monday since I subscribed to you! Also, could you at some point make a video about reversing long distances, especially around corners, to, for example, let an oncoming car by on a narrow road? That would be very kind, since I struggle with that quite a bit.
Thank you for your suggestion, I may do in the future.
@@ConquerDrivingGreat, thank you
I went to Colchester the other day. Had a run-in myself with some goofy traffic lights near some roadworks. Glad this video dropped when it did eventhough it's not exactly what I'm looking to see. Always nice to keep learning and not get lazy at things xD
There's a junction/roundabout when you come off the A2 for Dartford with lots of secondary lights and three lanes I think it is. I was taught to go by the white stop line as confirmation of a primary light. I've got the hang of it now but took me some getting used to.
Regarding temporary traffic lights. We have a lot around here, most put up and left up when work has lomg finished. Some of them only turn green when you drive right up to the light so youd have a long wait if you stopped at the temporary sign.
Golden information thanks for your helpful video ❤❤
This was useful. There's a roundabout near me where a set of lights appears to be secondary lights because they face the entrance directly. But they are actually in control of traffic already on the roundabout coming from the right. They turn green about 10 seconds before the lights at the entrance to the roundabout change. However because of their position straight ahead, they cause cars to move off before the main lights, which you have to crane your neck to see, change.
Very useful video, hopefully the drivers I regularly have in front of me at the traffic lights turning right towards my village will see it. When the lights turn green they sit behind the line as cars are coming from the opposite direction, the light changes back to red and they are still sitting there. Due to the amount of traffic on this road the only way to turn right is to move forward and when the secondary light turns red complete the right turn. I’m amazed they don’t know this
Taught my girlfriend how to drive using your videos as a guide, and as additional learning for her when my explanations didn’t quite cut it, she passed first time with 5 minors:) Examiner even said she had a great instructor! I’ve never taken any courses to be an instructor and she’s my first student, 100% pass rate thanks to you, thx a lot Richard. You’re a staple for people on the autistic spectrum.
Wow that’s impressive, you should be proud of yourself man
@@Batman-ro9mj Thanks man we’re both very proud of each other and ourselves:)
Thanks a lot, this video answered a lot of my questions 😂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Excellent video! Thank you.
Very very helpful 👏 thank you Richard 😊 :)
We have the same in North Watford. A major junction with secondary lights but no box junction markings. You can get held up on the green because either the traffic crossing your path hasn't cleared the junction before the lights change or you are six/seven vehicles down the line.
You cross on green knowing you have limited time left so you don't dawdle just to find that as you reach the secondary light the idiot in front has panic braked because the secondary has now gone amber/red trapping maybe four or five cars in the middle of a busy and potentially dangerous junction.
Cue much tooting of horns, shouting of obscenities and interesting hand gestures.
I recently saw someone stop at a secondary light, at a small village cross road, it does amaze me somewhat how you can make such an error but then again everyone makes mistakes
I've been driving for 5 years but I still learn things I didn't know before ❤️
This is mandatory to know before you get a license...
Past my motorcycle test first time. No lessons needed back then. Over 200,000 miles later & I still have all my bits.
Passed car test second time after one lesson to deal with fail points. But we did have one advantage. We drove tractors as soon as we could work the controls because the men needed to be freed up for the lifting.
Amazing this needs highlighting, i thought this was obvious
Thanks! Very useful video, I wish I watched it when learning to drive. My driving instructor did not clear all these topics for me, so I had to figure something out myself.
One more thing which still confuses me sometimes (I just got my license in November) is when there is a road split, and there is a traffic light for another lane, but it is still on my right. I see red, panic a little, start breaking, then understand that it is not for me.
I've been driving for 5 years and I still have that happen sometimes.
Good video.
I would like to see how you would do a pair which are not primary and secondary traffic lights.
I know a crossroads where the traffic lights are not primary and secondary, but two separate: Mile End station, London. The traffic lights on the other side can become red when you turn left, sometimes even when you drive across if it's really busy. You have to stop as pedestrians will be crossing because it's their green light.
Good video. Thanks for that. That'll help me communicate as an adi
Interesting and informative
It's very useful video sir .❤❤
I had someone do this right in front of me at a T-junction with a pedestrian crossing. He went through the primaries as they were changing then stopped at the secondary right next to the pedestrian crossing. It was so unexpected that I nearly hit him. Within a few seconds he was holding up three lines of traffic; the one behind me, the one joining from the right and the one coming the other way that was now blocked by the joining queue. A few of us honked to try to make the penny drop but aside from a few rude hand gestures in various directions there wasn't a jot of recognition that anything was amiss. Even the pedestrians at the crossing were waving him through, presumably too frightened to cross with their green signal in case he suddenly changed his mind, but to no avail. Eventually the lights changed again and we all moved on. I'll never know if he ever had a sudden retrospective epiphany during the remainder of his journey, or if he still tells stories about the strange day when everyone on the road was a wazzock except him.
Some countries have a ‘secondary’ traffic light below the main light on the same pole. This is roughly at drivers eye level. Maybe a solution. Might be costly if the current set up is not causing serious problems. Very good video by the way.
(re @6:16) We have a particularly prevalent situation in Hong Kong (which uses the British signs and signals as its template) where drivers push into congested junctions in densely populated areas, and cars are unable to clear past the secondary signal the pedestrian signals at that same point activate, and then pedestrians cross just as the road ahead clears just enough for vehicles to be theoretically able to continue on and finally clear the junction.
which makes sense because Hong Kong became a successful global economic powerhouse as it was a British Colony until 1997 so things like traffic laws and traditions was carried over from the UK (another example Hong Kong Drive on the left compared to mainland china on the right, double decker buses, road traffic in English language etc) with minor differences like you said due to Hong Kong being far more population dense than the UK.
Shame that Hong Kong is now a ccp controlled dystopian hellhole now..
Thank you very much I passed my test with only 1 minor 👍🏿👍🏿
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
I have been caught out with a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing very close to the entrance to a large roundabout. I thought the green lights were for controlling the roundabout mainly due to be distracted by a conversation with a passenger and thought I had right of way onto the roundabout. I realised my mistake too late but thankfully there was nothing on the roundabout I had to give way too. Shock me up quite a bit thinking about what could have happened. Certainly a lesson I learned that day.
Thank you for your videos, they helped me with my driving test (which I have passed!).
That said, someone who has driven in post-soviet countries (which mostly still use USSR driving rules), I absolutely hate the fact that in the UK, the traffic lights don't blink/flash when green is about to change to amber and then red.
This is so confusing me to, and very dangerous, because I drive around 18-19 in London and lets say I am about to cross traffic light and suddenly it goes yellow and then red very quickly. Why?! Just blink it before amber so I know I have no time to cross. Seems so obvious, and this is how it is in my country Armenia.
Various countries do this and there was a British study on it, but the study found it made no overall difference to safety so we didn't adopt it. One downside is it makes traffic lights less responsive because, if there is no more traffic detected from a particular direction, instead of just going straight to amber, you now have a further 3 second delay for no reason.
You should continue of you past the temporary stop sign . Should you continue also if you passed the first solid white line and are at the second one now? Thank you😍
We have all too many junctions with poorly placed lights (often on lights controlled traffic roundabouts). Others have a light ahead that you expect to be a secondary (duplicate light). But it’s actually a separate stop light. I got hit by one of these near Dorking. I was turning right at a complex cross-roads junction. A car approaching extremely fast from my left caught my attention. Too late, I sailed straight through a red light. Thankfully no harm done. I was seen by a police officer and fined accordingly. Nutter flying down and only just stopping got away with it.
Emergency services vehicles may pass a steady red light provided it is safe to do so. There is absolute prohibition on any vehicle passing red wig- wags which is why they are found at railway level crossing and a few other places..
Thank you.
In Plymouth on Outland Road A386, we have a secondary, secondary traffic light with a stop line in front of the first secondary. This maybe for pedestrians, as there is metal studs between both secondary traffic lights and no one knows wether you have to stop or not, as all 3 sets of lights go red together, traffic coming from the right always stops, luckily that direction is never busy. The lights are on the south bound side of the road just near the car park outside Plymouth Argyle football ground : 50:23:23 N, 4:09:09W
I would be interested in your opinion
Hi Richard, would you be able to make a video on whether or not you should be filling your car with premium or regular unleaded fuel? Some people have recommended I use premium but I've read that it may harm the engine. Is that true or a myth? As always, thanks for your work.
Thanks a lot
I did once get caught out and stopped at someone else's secondary when turning right. I can't remember where it was (many years ago) but it was actually very confusing to someone unfamiliar as there was a marked, but actually uncontrolled, pedestrian crossing just beyond that secondary, and it took me by surprise as I assumed it was a control for the crossing.
An example of a primary light after a right turn in Colchester is if you're traveling on the A134 from Great Horkseley, turning right onto Via Urbis Romanae.
There's a primary light for the bus lane to cross back to the main carriageway. I see people jumping it when it does change because they don't see it as their light.
I think the problem too is, in some countries see a red traffic light mean stop no keep going. due they only have one primary an unique traffic light, so of course people who drove in those country are all confused, I blame the instructors, someone's are so good like you in this video, but I know from 1st hands someone's very out of the standards to be instructors. I blame the DVLA of it. now if a UK driver do what usually does in the UK example in South America , trust me it will have a RTC , specially turning to the right in a traffic light.
I like the way your signals in the UK work red light then Red-Amber, then green. In Australia, our signal sequence is simply green, then amber as a warning turning to red, then the cycle continues, and we wait for the green again, with no "red-amber" before it turns green.
I don't like the red-amber before it turns green as many people just use it to jump the lights making it more dangerous. I think it's safer to just go green like in a number of countries.
Please be aware when turning right Just because your lights go Red it doesn’t mean it’s safe to complete the right turn or that the opposing light has gone to Red? Especially if they have an additional green arrow.. you must make sure oncoming traffic have come to a stop.. I do enjoy your videos.. many thanks
I swear I could just about navigate Colchester at this stage, despite having never been there. This is great advice. What would you suggest when you do have any uncertainty about whether a set of lights is for you or not? The pedestrian one is a good example, because some pedestrian crossings _do_ have a stop line.
Or is it as simple as if there's a stop line, regardless of whether it's a junction, pedestrian crossing or so on, then you must stop if the light is red?
Great vedio.
At 6:50 I sometimes see people not move on a green light when turning right, but instead waiting for the green filter. But when the secondary light goes red that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s red for the traffic coming towards you. No lights tell you what lights are on for oncoming traffic). It just means you can continue to turn right (so long as it’s safe for you) because you passed the light when it was green
Plz do a vid on both vehicles turning right. Thanks!
It's a bit worrying if someone is teaching new drivers (in the UK) to stop at the secondary lights. So much so that you felt the need to do a video for it!
Where I live in the North there's loads of "wig wags" due to the metro system. They usually also have an audible siren when the red lights start flashing
6:46 a right turn I used to take a lot had our side go red before and heard that it caused an accident cause the oncoming traffic still had green. (IK you said usually but just good to be careful)
Very monty python. I was waiting for something to blow up! No seriously I’ll be sharing this with my nephew who is starting to drive..
on one of my driving lesson i was confused by a secondary traffic light after turning left and was hesitant as to whether i should go
Video should e made mandatory for all learners. However I have been licensed for more that 40. Years still excellent for me in Australia.
A few weeks ago I stopped at the red signs before the temporary light, only for someone in their Audi Q5 to go past me and slotted themself between the sign and the temporary light... On this topic, could you do an video on what to do if the temporary light is broken? Encountered them twice this year, and each on occasion it led to huge tailbacks, and people moving off without checking
There’s a T-junction by Hope Hospital in Salford, going onto Eccles Old Road from Stott Lane. On multiple occasions I’ve seen people turn right from Stott Lane onto Eccles Old Road and stop at the red lights that are there for the people waiting on the left of the T. There is nothing that appears special about this junction, but people keep doing it. It’s unreal.
Is there any mention of primary and secondary signal traffic control on the highway code?
I'm only here to see how long it takes me to recognise a place in Colchester. Three minutes in: the junction of Magdalen and Old Heath. So pleased I'm not learning to drive. Colchester is a nightmare these days.
In some places the stop line can be set back some distance from a junction so that stopped vehicles do not block the area swept by long vehicles, such as buses, turning into the road. In one place I know the stop line is 20m back from the crossing road and has the main traffic light next to it. Close to the junction there's a secondary light (where there's also a pedestrian crossing) and also one on the far side of the junction. It's not at all uncommon if traffic turning right is backed up for there to be vehicles waiting between the main light and the pedestrian crossing but they should move on even if the light turns red. On occasion when that happens someone will stop at the first secondary light. If that happens and there's a bus wanting to enter it can't and everything gets jammed up.
Have you filter out all the horn blowers, but you are correct.
There is a traffic light controlled T-junction near my house where I have seen a few people turn right and then immediately stop at the secondary lights for traffic coming the other way. I've always just given a very short tap of the horn and people seem to realise and move on. On a couple of occasions I've been 3 or 4 cars back and everybody just stops and waits behind confused and I've had to use the horn to get traffic moving again.
In Australia, I've never heard of the term "primary" and "secondary" with reference to traffic signals. The set of signals aon the opposite side of the intersection is simply part of the same set in the direction you're facing.
Some countries (France, Germany) do not allow these secondary lights, other countries mandate them. The reason for not allowing them is to prevent motorists from starting up too early. German vacationers in Denmark often get confused by these secondary lights and stop at them, e.g. when making a left turn and see a red light when going out of the intersection.
This has nearly caught me out on a couple of occasions when I've not been familiar with the area. The main fault of this system is that having to take your eyes off the lights to check for a line on the road is a fundamentally stupid concept, especially when those lines are constantly being worn away by vehicles running over them. A far more logical solution would be to either change the colour of the surrounding traffic light(the area that's black) or perhaps even better, change the colour and/or shape of the white line that surrounds the set of lights.
apart from on a driving test for a learner, then you only really find someone stopping at the secondary lights when new to the area, and at a staggered cross roads whereby there is probably close to 100 feet from turning left until the secondary lights, but like you say you should watch out for a 2nd white line to determine if the lights are for yourself, so had one person inexperienced or new to the area stop infront of me luckily wasn't harsh braking due to them going so slowly anyway, and the fact of me trying to build a gap between my vehicle and theirs, and the lack of speed pulling away when the lights turned green meant they weren't spacially aware of their surroundings. but since that happened around 10 years ago, then the Council decided to put a blind on the traffic lights to stop people from getting confused by the red light, which when you drive around my town you will find a traffic light at most 1200 feet from the previous light, and as little as on a round-about so 50 feet, so could easily be mistaken as a 2nd traffic light, but yes I watch out for a stop line as well.
as for box junctions yes there is a time and a place for them, and for a section of road that only allows around 10 cars to enter the road between lights isn't one of them. like Bath on the A36 from Bathampton into Bath City centre on a Saturday afternoon. I sat there the one set of lights as couldn't clear the box junction, then my lights went red, the 2nd set of lights changed to green, all the vehicles went through then the 2nd set turned red, then all the stuff coming out of Bath city centre filled up that section of road, so the only way was to block the junction without being sat there until bed time. I know it is an old fashioned city, and city planners can't do much, but there should be a better form of congestion control rather than traffic lights and boxed junctions, or timings that allow so many cars from each direction to move, been appaulling for 4 decades that I know about.
It is simple to understand but for some people it might be confusing in specific situations while driving in busy traffic specially in unknown areas. I totally understand all those confusions because in Europe we don't have one proper traffic lights setting model and basically everything is all over the place. It would be so much easier to follow US standards placing one set traffic lights after junctions each direction it would be simple and visible and everyone could follow the same pattern and most likely less mistakes would happen in my opinion.
Sound like great advice,except in BRISTOL the road markings including white lines,crossing,give way,ect are eroded and can barely be seen,even the speed markings are not visible.Where does that leave drivers if the roads are not fit for purpose!
Question regarding temporary lights: on the rare times you may come to a sign for temporary lights, indicating where to stop before the lights, but you are turning off the road between the lights and the sign, is it legitimately allowed to continue to where you are turning off the road (if safe to do so of course)
I only ask as there's been a ton of roadworks where I live recently and at one point, the sign was before my driveway but the lights were after. In those cases I was passing the sign even when the lights were on red in order to enter my driveway (on the left side of the road so I also wasn't crossing oncoming traffic).
Way I like to think about it, primary lights control access through junctions. Secondary lights give you information whilst in the junction, such as if the light's gone red.. It's probably time to get out of there 😆.
I have two questions. First, if I want to turn right at a junction, the lights turn into green, but there are income vehicles from the other side, do I approach forward a little bit and wait in the middle of the road or do I wait behind the line and wait for the green arrow. Second, still if I want to turn right, say I just made out of a gas station, I need to turn right, the road are busy both ways. Can I go to the middle of the road and wait for clearing left sides?
I've found sometimes on busy roads, oncoming lights stay green as mine turn red. Make sure the traffic ahead is stopping!