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The Highway code traffic lights
and the learner driver. What exactly does it mean?
We have all seen traffic lights along the road, but how many of us have really noticed them in detail and understand what they mean to the road user.
The Highway code traffic lights section can be difficult to relate to the actual traffic lights when read in isolation from the traffic light you see on the roadside.
This page has been created to show you a real example of how I would use the 'ABC' easy learning technique to clarify to my students any subject they are presented with, in this case Highway code traffic lights.
When you look into the Highway code and find the section on traffic lights, it looks like this (without the numbers):
By adding the numbers below the traffic lights you have achieved two situations that can help with your understanding of the Highway code traffic light operation and application when driving.
Students are asked to look at the picture for a few minutes, without giving any reason why. When my student has finished looking (they decide when to finish, not myself). I then ask them what colour sequence of the traffic light follows amber. I ask this without reference to the number beneath. 100% so far have answered correctly. Whereas prior to introducing the numbers my students would have said "Either Red or Green can follow amber".
When you need to learn a new subject, break it down into small chunks and have some strategy that you have developed yourself.
By developing your own strategy for remembering new information you are more likely to make it work. I give my students tips, advice and ecouragement to develop their own techniques.
First learn the colours of a traffic light.
Look at traffic light number '1'
RED
next '2'
RED + AMBER
next '3'
GREEN,
next '4'
AMBER on its own
next back to '1'
RED.
Go over this sequence until you can answer any question given to you on the colour changes, before moving on to what the colours represent.
Whe you look at your Highway code you will see written underneath the traffic light colours an explanation of each one. Read the explanations slowly and understand their meaning.
An easy way to remember the explanations is to say to yourself that all colours of the traffic lights means stop, except for the GREEN. Once you have grasped that you can move on to your driving technique and the practical way you deal with traffic lights.
After you have read the Highway code traffic lights section, see if you can answer this question:
What does GREEN mean in the traffic lights sequence?
Would our roads be safer and less congested if we were free of traffic lights and free to filter in turn? Newsnight asked campaigner Martin Cassini why he thinks they would.
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