I live close to Whyte Avenue. At the intersection of that avenue and the one way street that is Calgary Trail North (now Gateway boulevard) there is a stoplight. When it turns red for the people going north on Calgary Trail, there is first a left turn light for cars turning north from Whyte Avenue before the general green light appears. At that time, pedestrians aren’t allowed to cross Calgary Trail. The red hand signal comes up so people don’t wander in the way of the Whyte Avenue traffic turning north.
But that really only affects the people on the north side of Whyte. People on the south side of Whyte have no chance of getting smeared. All the cars are lined up nicely and it is quite clear that it is safe to cross, even though there is a red hand signal saying otherwise.
That intersection always struck me as a very Canadian place. Because, most of the time, people would still wait for the red hand signal to change to the white walk signal. I want to get a picture of that, becuase it looked so stereotypical.
The reason I being this up is that they’ve changed it. The signal light is now smart enough to realize it is safe to let people cross on the south side of Whyte.
Still, it was a nice image of Canada.