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Special Traffic Lights
Traffic Lights for Specific Categories
| Special traffic lights are sometimes used that apply only to specific categories of vehicles (e.g., buses, bicycles, etc.). Of course, those lights apply only to those categories. |  |
Temporary Traffic Lights
| Temporary traffic lights are usually used to alternate traffic through a one-lane contruction zone. The green light is replaced with a yellow flashing light because contruction zones are always considered dangerous. The yellow light in the middle could be blinking if there is not a lot of traffic. |  |
Single Flashing Lights
| A single flashing yellow light indicates that you should be careful at an intersection, but it doesn't change any of the rules of right-of-way. |  |
| A single flashing red light means you must stop. Unlike the U.S., you must remain stopped until the light stops flashing. They are used at train crossings, where there is danger from crossing airplanes, and at the entrance to drawbridges, docks, and ferries. |  |
| Police, gendarmerie or customs officers sometimes use lights held by hand or placed temporarily on the road. If the light is yellow, you must slow down. If the light is red, you must stop. |
Lane ID Lights
| As in the U.S., you will sometimes see green arrows or red X's indicating which lanes are open. You can drive in the lanes under the green arrows, but not in those under the red X's. |  |
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