How to Use traffic signal in a Sentence

traffic signal

noun

• Those include not riding more than two abreast, riding on the correct side of the road and stopping at traffic signals.
  — Jerry Fallstrom, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2019
• The streets were largely deserted, traffic signals weren’t working, and many of the stores that opened had to be powered by generators.
  — Jeffrey T. Lewis, WSJ, 16 June 2019
• The traffic signal box is moving to a higher elevation to help prevent future flooding damages.
  — Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2018
• In addition, the city has added a crosswalk and traffic signal and made median and intersection improvements.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• The firm became known for forecasting road and mass-transit traffic volumes and calibrating traffic signals to match vehicle flows.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• In exchange for her plea, the state dropped additional counts of the same charge and lesser charges including DUI and failure to yield to a traffic signal.
  — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 13 June 2019
• Few drivers adhere to traffic signals, lanes, or licensing rules, making driving or walking the streets of Dhaka a terrifying endeavor.
  — Jennifer Chowdhury, Teen Vogue, 8 Aug. 2018
• The car failed to follow a curve in the road and drove off the road, striking a tree and a traffic signal, police said.
  — Clare Proctor, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2021
• Flowers were piled up at the traffic signal at Canal Street and Kings Road.
  — Brittany Shammas, Cate Cadell and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
• Some of it was used it to pay for traffic signal upgrades.
  — Ariana Giorgi, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
• The traffic signal at Peachtree Road at Peachtree Hills has not been installed since the repaving that seemed two years ago.
  — John Thompson, ajc, 21 Sep. 2019
• What irks them the most is that the traffic signal turned red for merely 20 seconds.
  — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 8 Nov. 2020
• They are used to change lights from red to green and improve the timing of traffic signals along a street, Stephens wrote in an email.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
• The boyfriend was stopped at a traffic signal waiting to turn onto Pearl Road.
  — cleveland, 16 July 2021
• May 26, an officer walked up to a car that did not move when the traffic signal at which the car was stopped turned green.
  — cleveland, 2 June 2022
• The traffic signal is part of a broader plan to improve traffic flow in the busy Riverdale shopping area, the city said.
  — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
• If the traffic signal is out, please treat the intersection as one with a stop sign.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
• The driver of one of the cars reportedly struck the other in the rear when the other car slowed for a traffic signal.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 26 July 2019
• One is on Pima just north of the traffic signal and one is a few yards east on Dynamite.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2022
• His night of fun has been ruined by a dude who can’t read a swaying traffic signal.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
• As part of these changes, a new traffic signal will be installed at Skelton Street.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2022
• The vehicle had front end damage and a traffic signal light was hanging from the car.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
• The initial version of the stoplight feature would slow down whether a traffic signal was red or green.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2020
• In Cabot, many of the traffic signals across the city were damaged by the storm, according to Facebook posts by the city Sunday and Monday.
  — Ashley Savage, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2023
• Since 2016, both street lights and traffic signals have been metered, just like your house, Eissey said.
  — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• When a traffic signal or stop sign is detected on the road, Super Cruise will alert the driver to take over control of the wheel.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• The car was stopping for a traffic signal at Stewart Lane, police said.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
• Police said Gilmore was found in a vehicle stopped in a travel lane and at a traffic signal.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
• Storm sewers, street lights and new traffic signals have also been added.
  — Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2019
• Scheffler was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, which is a felony, along with misdemeanor counts of third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024