We also don't have starting amber. As a driver or cyclist, I wish for them, they seem useful to prepare yourself to go, especially in a manual car or on a bike, but you can normally figure out when it's about to go green for you based on knowledge of the sequence.WhiteBlueRed wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 16:51Starting amber is useful IMO, atleast to me. When a traffic light changes from red straight to green, I don't notice it as fast as I would've had I known it would change now (red+amber or countdown). In my country, the "red -> green -> yellow -> red" sequence is permitted at isolated traffic light installations. Thankfully my city uses the recommended sequence.
As a pedestrian (and cyclist, when road design treats cyclists as wheeled pedestrians) however I like not having it, as it gives a bigger window to frantically run/wheel across the road between stages.
I'm not sure why it's the case. When was the starting amber introduced in the UK? Not sure why they don't adopt it now, except for the effort it would require to change all existing lights to include a red-amber. But that can't be that much effort, surely (and could be phased over a few years)?