The amendment to the road traffic rules in Austria is supposed to introduce a new type of traffic lights. The phase of green flashing, which “jumps” before the end of the possibility to cross the intersection, is to be removed (not everywhere, only on some sections).
Austrian Minister of Transport Leonore Gewessler wants to legalize traffic lights without a green flashing phase by amending the law an experimental traffic light in Linz on the A7 highway (Franzenhausweg location) should also testify in favor of her arguments. It switches colors every second without blinking – to green, yellow, red, yellow, green…
A test for 100,000 euros, which was supposed to potentially increase the permeability of the road section, has now apparently happened in part also an inspiration for new traffic light rules.