So new traffic signals emerged in various forms.

因此新的号灯以各种形式出现。

These three buttons look like traffic signals, don't they?

这三个按钮看起来像号，不是吗？

A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on.

号灯亮绿灯表示你的车可以继续行驶。

But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

司机常会驶过，把人体标志当做理所当然。

By 1922 many traffic signals were being automated on timers.

到1922年，许多号灯有了倒计时。

So officials have created what they say is the first traffic signal for, you get it, camels.

所以官员们创造了所谓的第一个为骆驼建造的号灯。

Lester Wire, a policeman in Salt Lake City, Utah created the electric form of the traffic signal.

在犹他州盐湖城，一位名叫莱斯特的警察发明了使用电力的红绿灯。

A traffic signal is not efficient at all.

号根本没有效率。

Well, think about how a traffic signal manages traffic.

好吧，想想号如何管理。

C. Flexible timing of traffic signals.

C. 号的灵活配时。

In 1923 Morgan patented a three-way traffic signal that offered stop, go, and all-stop options.

1923 年，摩根获得了三向号灯的专利，该号灯提供停止、行驶和全停选项。

Especially when you compare a roundabout to an intersection with traffic signals.

尤其是当您将环岛与有号的十字路口进行比较时。

So another way you'll know when to stop is when you see a stoplight or a traffic signal.

因此，您知道何时停止的另一种方式是当您看到红绿灯或号灯时。

On December 9th, 1868, the world's first traffic signal was installed near Westminster Bridge at the corners of Great George and Brige streets.

1868年12月9日，首个号灯安装在了威斯敏斯特大桥附近，位于乔治街和布里奇街的拐角处。

But usually a traffic signal would be at an intersection, where two streets cross.

但常号灯会在十字路口，两条街道叉的地方。

This, of course, was usually on corners or intersections where there was no traffic signal, no electronic signal to stop cars.

当然， 这常是在没有号的拐角处或十字路口，没有电子号可以停车。

The examiner had me drive around the block, checking to see that I stopped at the stop signs and traffic signals.

考官让我绕着街区开车，检查我是否停在了停车标志和号灯处。

The Federal Highway Administration, they estimate that traffic signals account for about 295 million vehicle hours of traffic delays per year.

美国联邦公路管理局估计，号灯每年造成约 2.95 亿车小时的延误。

Although traffic signals had been in use for some time, most were simple devices that directed traffic to either stop or go.

尽管号灯已经使用了一段时间，但大多数都是引导停止或行驶的简设备。

That could be in the middle of a long block, and that might also have a traffic signal in some places.

那可能在一个长街区的中间，并且在某些地方也可能有号。