Yellow Traffic Lights

Yellow traffic lights used to be there for a simple logical reason, green/red lights changes are too sudden… what happens when you’re a few meters off the traffic light and it switches colour ? Are you supposed to break like there is no tomorrow and hope you are not ending up in the middle of the cross-road or rammed up by the car following you whose driver was certainly not distracted by the agitated phone conversation he/she was having ?

It was thought that it would be too dangerous either way, so when conditions were not met to safely stop the yellow light provided an escape for the trapped law-abiding driver ! Tada, problem solved ! Wrong…  this solution presented two serious problems:

1. Not so law-abiding drivers took this as a “as long as it is not red, I can go !”. Sure, I’ll save time and I’m not putting anyone in danger. This led to the uncanny situation where one would be honked for not crossing a yellow light. Always nice to see civil spirit looming around.
2. It was left to the appreciation of the behind the corner/bush/tree officer of the day to decide whether you were able to stop in a safe manner. You could always protest that the guy behind you was yes at least 10 meters behind you but driving with his knees while on the phone and reading the news paper at the same time. This of course would not apply to any official/political/presidential/pope/U2 singer car as it is well known that their drivers are colour blind.

I suppose because too many people were using #1, they removed it and we are now (in most countries) left with the beautiful situation of having to once more guess whether the green light is about to turn yellow or not, or just simply looking around for officers hiding places (just double check that the guy behind you on the phone is not driving a police car). This renders the yellow light slightly useless, but heh, who are we to care ? Well, maybe bi-coloured traffic lights would be cheaper but that’s a different argument

So, all of this to come to the first burger thought. The few of you who occasionally take a walk in our European capitals will have noticed that there are little pedestrian traffic lights with a little red guy and a little green guy (and even on some a little yellow guy which usually means “It’s time to accelerate grand-ma if you want to make it to the other side”). Someone must have noticed that when people arrive at a crossing they don’t have a clue as too how long they have to wait before they can risk their life jay walking across the street. Or maybe someone thought people were bored or people needed to know whether they would yes or no catch their train. So, they put a little count-down timer that nicely lets you know that you’re stuck for another 47 seconds…

So I am now asking how hard it would be to put a little count down timer on the green light for the drivers so that we would know that when the little count goes to 3 seconds we may start to break, and if we see the phone/newspaper dude behind us we may start breaking at 20 seconds to keep it on the safe side or just maneuver him out of the road once and for all. This would eliminate the need for a useless yellow light. This would also make it very easy to know whether the driver crossed on time or not, even police officers I am sure can see the benefit for them, they will not have to justify it again and again. Finally, as an added bonus, the little count-down timer could start again telling you how long it will be before you can start your car again. This way, you can safely look for that cigarette under your seat without wondering if you’re blocking the whole traffic every 2 seconds. This may also help people to all start at the same time instead of the old elastic party that we are so accustomed too — that way maybe traffic can be a little lighter.

Overall, a little count-down timer could be introduced bit by bit when traffic lights need to be replaced. No need to go crazy at it and change them all tomorrow. But this may very help people to de-stress a little instead of wondering if that horrible yellow light is going to change and how bloody effing long is that red light going to be !?

happy 2010!

- the wolf & the sheep

In the past month, people were wondering about the reason behind a strange hidden feature of the Google search engine.

In fact, when clicking on the I’m feeling lucky button without inserting anything in the search box, a countdown to the new year’s eve was shown.

Obviously, people were expecting some great surprise from Google for the new year, but…

… Yes. This seems to be it.

If you now apply the same trick, you just see Google greeting you. Sooooo sad.

Wow Smooth, Blissful, Amazing, Awesome, Mysterious, fun filled  Day

Btw i watched Avatar today.. Amazing Movie.. Must watch in 3D

And to all my Readers…

I Wish in 2010
God gives You…
12 Month of Happiness,
52 Weeks of Fun,
365 Days Success,
8760 Hours Good Health,
52600 Minutes Good Luck,
3153600 Seconds of Joy…and that’s all!

BTW, A wonderful thing Happened today

All of us at some point of time in our life might have Lost our Purse[or any thing] which suddenly becomes valuable when its lost. That point of time, we would give anything to get it back right?

Well, that’s what happened today, When i was starting for the Movie, i realised my Purse was gone! OOooohhh i felt bad[had ID, Photos,..]. Eventually went to  Avatar without the purse. The Movie  did cheer me up. Then, in the evening i came back home and started to search.. every where! Of course its not there! Then i sat down [after and hour of searching] to determine where i would have probably lost it. Well after big mental search i realized i might have left it at a store. Then i went to that store -BINGO the owner recognized me[i had kept Photos in the purse] and gave my purse! Wow! Only then i learnt and realized

That, after alll stilll GOOD PEOPLE are there in this world!

Wow!! Seriously! Who will do that? I had around 100 odd Rs. in it.. had my photo, ids.. etc.. any thing could have happened YET it didnt! This day taught me to TRUST PEOPLE.

Well, You should have seen my face when i got it.. I know it was Glowing. Then i realized another thing

That, Misery Makes Happiness Blissful

So, Next time you loose something…

Always sit and think where it might have got lost before Searching.. Saves a lot of TIME

Cheers,
AparnA

Miami here! Havn’t posted in awhile. It’s new years eve and an hour till 2010! ! I got some cool CP stuff for christmas: 5 puffles, EPF (not the collector edition, sadly ), and some Card Jitsu cards. I’m still on the path to a fire ninja. I’ve used one coin code, so I still have 4 left. I’m also going to do some late boxing day shopping before school come backs so I might get some mix and match 2 inch toys. I’m holding a contest. I need to see what my other three puffles series are, but I’m most likely going to do a Series 6 contest. I have plans for it, but it’ll have to wait till 2010.

In CP, there are goig to be new missions, new games, new jobs, and much more. Check the WNB (What’s New Blog) for more info. I’m thinking from the picture, a new mission, a new puffle, and a squid appearing in Aqua Grabber. The image looks like the rumored squid sometimes in the CP Times. Also, certain sources say that EPF might come to CP… well, that’s a rough idea of what I’ve pieced together, but you might never know…

Lots of stuff is right around the corner. I’d say the contest details will arrive between Sunday and Monday. School on Tuesday… ewwww.

Waddle On!

-Miamifire7

#5 Completed my Undergraduation degree without Backlogs
#4 Met Most wonderful people in this world and got time to spend personal time with them
#3 Organized a YES!+ course [ a total failure, lot of mess but i learnt a million things!]
#2 Read great books thanks to well wishers and friends
#1 Had a glimpse of life on a high society business world
Cheers,
AparnA

As the New year rolls in may all your wishes be fulfilled, let love, joy, peace, blessings take you to your WONDERLAND!

#5 Made a New year Resolution[i dont know what it was never bothered it after Jan 1,2009]

#4 Went to a beauty parlor ended up having half the amount hair i had earlier

#3 Created 3 blogs and eventually ended up deleting them all

#2 Wasted 6 months in hoping…

#1 Broke my Arm trying to stand on my Hands

Tomorrow’s post 5 Greatest things i ever did in 2009

Mean while do read a Post on Rewriting Your Story by The Naked Soul!

Cheers,

AparnA

CDs to Go…

John Mayer – Battle Studies

My fav. Track 6 & 11

Audiophile Reference 5

My fav. Track 5

Nothing better than havin’ Hot with mate… …

PEACE

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I’m counting down already!~!~

4 more days to 30th (31 month).

6 more days till a New Year – 2010.

2 months 25 days to my birthday. And I cannot believe that I’m soon gonna turn TWENTY! I’m looking forward to that, cause I get to meet everybody I seldom get to meet.

and of course few more days till school reopens. -.-

If you click on I’m feeling lucky with out being logged into Google and with out having anything in the search box you get what looks like a count down to New Years.  The number of seconds left in 2009

Top 20 Gag Gifts

Free stuff and giveaways

12 Days of GiveAways. Happy Xmas Freebies

Free Software

The next million

Beer Omelet

It is better to be drunk than wasted

Money for Art

Dictionary of Dreams

2010 Predictions:  The year of the Tiger

The Capitalist Manifest:  Dismantling Marxism

Christmas Star

Cyber Rainbow

Feathered Suns

Chasing a cyber rainbow down a rabbit whole

Cone of Silence

X-Car logo

Radical Easter Eggs

Cyber Rainbows and Digital Dreams

Planes of Existence

Feathered Suns

Feathered Stars

I have started my own count down untill Christmas. each day I will have different Bible verses and commentery relating to this time of year. may they bless every one. here is no1– Dec 6– 1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father but is of the world……….In our relationships with our Heavenly Father, we tend to get caught up in craving the sugar of life, and His voice begins to fade away. Following the alluring things of this world will lead us away from God……Farher , reveal to me the things of the world I crave more than you, Help me to choose you over anything else today.

New Christmas Story On The Childrens Page!

Eko traffic light concept, designed by Damjan Stanković, promises to reduce traffic accidents by including a countdown timer that indicates how much time is left before the light changes.

Countdown Stop Light Benefits

Less pollution/fuel consumption: Drivers can turn off their engines while they wait for the green light.

Less stress: Since you know exactly when the light will change, you can sit back and relax. No need to keep your foot on the gas.

For more concept designs by Damjan Stanković, visit relogik.com

(source: TOXEL)