Signals and Safety
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Traffic signals can increase safety at intersections when warranted and properly designed. However, traffic signals that are unjustified, ill-designed, improperly operated, or poorly maintained may actually cause increased crash frequency, excessive delay, disobedience of signal indications, and circuitous travel by the use of alternate routes.
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