Don't be deceived by claims that cameras at traffic lights provide valuable information on traffic patterns.
Summing up for Labour, Lord Davies of Oldham suggested cyclists should be given an "advanced start" at traffic lights.
Officers tried to stop the Peugeot car at traffic lights in Yoker at 0200 GMT on Sunday on seeing its headlights off.
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Some assume a walk in a crowded urban area will be slower than in a park, while others ignore stops at traffic lights.
Mr Buback and his two aides were shot dead by a passenger on a motorcycle as their car was waiting at traffic lights.
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The inquest also heard from Tommy's nanny, Anna Martin, who said they were waiting at traffic lights when she heard a "hollow noise" and a scream.
Even the official Xinhua news agency joined the criticism after complaints that motorists were stopping so abruptly at traffic lights that they were causing collisions and tailbacks.
Mr Reilly told the court he drove off at traffic lights then pulled in when he got the chance because he wanted them out, then Thomson started kicking the car.
People think traffic lights are a guarantee of safety but the latest audit from Westminster City Council, for example, has shown that 44% of personal injury accidents occurred at traffic lights.
The panel of cycling advocates suggested filter systems at traffic lights, priority lanes at roundabouts and for greater private sector involvement, for example getting firms to sponsor cycle lanes or highways.
At traffic lights in Kuala Lumpur, taxis are not besieged, as they are these days in Jakarta, by ragged urchins and old women rubbing their stomachs and pointing to their mouths.
Mr Sadiq said he then stopped at traffic lights behind McManus but that they had no option but to overtake him when the lights turned to green and McManus did not move.
Before the collision, officers believe the pedestrian - who was leaning against a roadside cabinet - may have spoken to a taxi driver in a white vehicle who had stopped at traffic lights.
"Not just the cars that aren't idling at traffic lights, but starting from a dead stop takes up more fuel also, so we are saving thousands of gallons of fuel per roundabout per year, " says the Republican mayor.
Crews have also recorded incidents including a man breaking into a Cornwall ambulance station wielding a knife, and seeing a pedestrian produce a gun from his belt and waving it at the ambulance while it was sitting at traffic lights.
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Describing the atmosphere in the audience at the Sheffield Lyceum during the final striptease scene, Daily Mail critic Quentin Letts wrote that "the wenches of Sheffield growled like Jensen Interceptors at the traffic lights".
Work to upgrade traffic lights at five busy locations in Cumbria has begun.
At a set of traffic lights, a boy, possibly my age, although his thinness made him look younger, tapped on my window.
In Washington, where 19 intersections were without working traffic lights at one point Saturday, a couple was electrocuted after they went outside to check on downed power lines.
Work to install transponders to allow the mayor to change the timing of traffic lights at a flick of a switch has temporarily made the situation even worse.
As a result of the incident near to traffic lights at the junction between the A44 and the A4159 leading to Capel Bangor near Aberystwyth a man was taken to hospital suffering from serious head injuries.
He said police would no longer be needed by Sunday to oversee traffic at intersections where lights are out and that the return of mass transit will significantly improve quality of life for the city's residents.
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The traffic lights at the junctions with Victoria Road and Prince's Street on the A590 in Ulverston will all be upgraded, along with the lights at the pedestrian crossings at Swan Street in Ulverston, Swarthmoor and Lindal-in-Furness.
The near collision happened on Southmead Road in Filton as the single-decker - travelling at around 25mph - passed through green traffic lights.
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New traffic lights are being installed at the Longman Roundabout south of Kessock Bridge, Rose Street Roundabout and at the junction of Henderson and Longman Road.
He crossed a set of traffic lights on his motorcycle at the crossroads with Talbot Road and Christchurch Road at about 19.00 GMT, just as PC Stewart was driving through a red light.
Instead of only using street names, Garmin Real DirectionsTM guide drivers just like a friend would by telling them to turn at recognizable landmarks, buildings, stop signs and traffic lights.
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"If there is a police officer who is standing behind a barricade watching runners go by from Italy and Ethiopia, I would like to have that police officer at intersections on Staten Island where there still aren't working traffic lights, " Mr. Oddo said.
The traffic slowed to a crawl and came to complete stops at the working lights.
Called SignalGuru, the system employs smartphones to collect information about traffic signals and tell drivers when slowing down could help them avoid waiting at lights.
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