Designers in Asia have created prototype traffic lights for the colourblind, using different shapes for each light.
The design features a triangular red stop light, a circular amber light and a square green light.
However, critics have already pointed out that colourblind people have driven for decades without problems simply by knowing the positioning and sequencing of traffic lights.
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Re: Traffic light for the colourblind
Isn't the real solution to put Braille on the traffic lights? You could do it on the pumps too.
Re: Traffic light for the colourblind
You could of course read the label on the pump before filling up....that would work too
Re: Traffic light for the colourblind
People that do that deserve everything they get...though as a designer that has an office in Asia I have come up with a traffic light solution for the colour blind. Vocal Traffic Lights.
It's a simple device, a very large speaker mounted atop the light pole that simply shouts the colour of the light illuminated.
Simplicity by the bucket load...and not a single spy penguin on the horizon.
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