Diseño de semáforo de concepto de ‘Sand Glass’ permite controladores saber cuánto tienen que esperar

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Ever get frustrated waiting at a stop light because it seems like it takes forever for the signal light to change to green? If that is the case, impatient drivers everywhere could be in for a treat if a new traffic light concept is adopted.

This new traffic light is called “Sand Glass” and was developed by designer Thanva Tivawong as a more informative traffic signal than your standard traffic light. A constantly displayed hour glass image lets drivers know how long it will take between light changes. The animated digital sand left in the hour glass serves as a change indicator along with a 3-2-1 countdown in yellow when the light changes from red to green and green to red.

Whether or not the Sand Glass design could be adopted as a traffic light replacement remains to be seen. However, giving drivers a better clue when the lights are about to change is certainly a welcome gesture.

Read more at Yanko Design, via Laughing Squid

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Leave a Comment Subscribe to Comments Feed 3 Comments Adam Nov. 23, 2010 (6:39 pm)

Wow, so many problems with this!

1) If you arrive on a “yellow” you don’t which direction the transition is changing to. Will the yellow-1 be a red next or a green light next?

2) Also, more importantly, one of the consistent things we currently have with traffic lights is light position. This immensely helps a particular class of people, color blind people.

I do like the countdown on the green-to-red yellow light, as many times not knowing how short a yellow light really is can get you into trouble. As we all know, not all yellows are created equal!

Ryley Zucca [Geek Member] Nov. 23, 2010 (10:35 pm)

Except that people who are red/green color blind would not be able to tell the difference.

StenvenBe Nov. 24, 2010 (2:00 am)

use coutdown clock is easier and simple

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