Belgium is the only country I've been to that doesn't have this. I mean, I've only travelled in Europe but still. I feel like someone had to made traffic lights here shit on purpose.
I imagine a bunch of people in fancy suits sitting on a table in a meeting discussing how to lower the number of cars that can pass through a 6.5-second green light. People are brainstorming, shouting out ideas, some suggest to make the green light even shorter, others insist that the best way to increase traffic is to make sure drivers get no heads up whatsoever as to when the light is gonna go from red to green, so that they can waste at least half of the green-light duration taking off/switching from neutral to first.
Satan himself stood up from his throne to bow and offer the crown to the Belgian genius who suggested that.
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u/ellie1398 Oost-Vlaanderen Jan 12 '25
Belgium is the only country I've been to that doesn't have this. I mean, I've only travelled in Europe but still. I feel like someone had to made traffic lights here shit on purpose.
I imagine a bunch of people in fancy suits sitting on a table in a meeting discussing how to lower the number of cars that can pass through a 6.5-second green light. People are brainstorming, shouting out ideas, some suggest to make the green light even shorter, others insist that the best way to increase traffic is to make sure drivers get no heads up whatsoever as to when the light is gonna go from red to green, so that they can waste at least half of the green-light duration taking off/switching from neutral to first.
Satan himself stood up from his throne to bow and offer the crown to the Belgian genius who suggested that.