Lights with flashing yellow as their most permissive indication

[tckma]

Does this bad boy right here count for the purposes of this discussion? I ask because not only is flashing yellow its most permissive, it is the only indication east and westbound on Old US 70 in Cove City, NC (it is flashing red on the Main St side in both directions). It is commonly referred to by locals as the Cove City caution light.

An odd assembly indeed, but I'm not sure how it differs from a single flashing light in both directions, red in one, yellow in the other.  There's also the STOP signs in the red directions, in which case the flashing red light is redundant because it means the same thing as a STOP sign.

Reminds me of the traffic lights in Asheville, NC that have two red lights at the top.

[jeffandnicole]

Does this bad boy right here count for the purposes of this discussion? I ask because not only is flashing yellow its most permissive, it is the only indication east and westbound on Old US 70 in Cove City, NC (it is flashing red on the Main St side in both directions). It is commonly referred to by locals as the Cove City caution light.

An odd assembly indeed, but I'm not sure how it differs from a single flashing light in both directions, red in one, yellow in the other.  There's also the STOP signs in the red directions, in which case the flashing red light is redundant because it means the same thing as a STOP sign.

Reminds me of the traffic lights in Asheville, NC that have two red lights at the top.

It's a redundancy done on purpose.  In many cases, the stop road probably is a main road thru much of the area, and this is the only location where traffic on that road has to stop.

[slorydn1]

Does this bad boy right here count for the purposes of this discussion? I ask because not only is flashing yellow its most permissive, it is the only indication east and westbound on Old US 70 in Cove City, NC (it is flashing red on the Main St side in both directions). It is commonly referred to by locals as the Cove City caution light.

An odd assembly indeed, but I'm not sure how it differs from a single flashing light in both directions, red in one, yellow in the other.  There's also the STOP signs in the red directions, in which case the flashing red light is redundant because it means the same thing as a STOP sign.

Reminds me of the traffic lights in Asheville, NC that have two red lights at the top.

It's a redundancy done on purpose. In many cases, the stop road probably is a main road thru much of the area, and this is the only location where traffic on that road has to stop.

Yes, very much this.


Main St through Cove City becomes Wintergreen Rd to the north of this intersection (after a curve) and goes all the way up to NC-55 just east of Fort Barnwell (6 miles north) without stopping. Southbound from this intersection this road picks up the NC-41 designation at the Jones County line and the first stop along the road is at Ten Mile Fork road which is 6.3 miles south of this intersection.




Oh and thanks for straightening me out on the light not counting for this thread. I agree the setup it self is rather ugly, but the effect is kinda cool at night. It flashes top-bottom-top like the old style caution lights at many race tracks before they went to strobe lights at most of them.