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ThePantser , (edited ) to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.
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Red - Stop

Yellow - Proceed with caution

Green - Go

???

Fire - Profit

noodlejetski ,

p1ss: Photo of a traffic light on fire. Black smoke pours out of it. All the other lights around it look normal. ejacutastic: I DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THIS IN DRIVING SCHOOL balalaikaboss: Stop says the red light, go says the green Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT WITH ITS EYE OF COAL SAURON KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL

Xeroxchasechase , to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.

I guess it couldn’t handle the abusive relationship

jol , to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.

Was there really that much traffic in the mid 19th century to warrant traffic lights?

Localhorst86 , to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.

They replaced it with a girlbossed one right after.

Crumbgrabber , to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.

Doubles as a dad joke.

Lost_My_Mind , to til in TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.

wtf??? I’ve gone my whole life thinking the first ever traffic light was invented and installed in Cleveland Ohio. Turns out, it was just the first ever in the USA. This is what they taught us in schools…in Cleveland Ohio.

silverchase OP ,
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I believe the first one that was electric and roughly similar to today’s was installed there.

Anticorp ,

I bet that one didn’t explode. Take that Englanders!

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