Highest population town you know of with no traffic lights

rockyridgefarm

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• Apr 30, 2020

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I was wondering how big a town you all know of that has no traffic lights. Lancaster, Wisconsin has a 3900 population and there are no lights in or around town. The town is shrinking and used to be over 4400 when I was born. Highway 61, 35, and 81 intersect in the middle of town and it has a one way square (you can only go counterclockwise around the courthouse).

 

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rockyridgefarm

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• Apr 30, 2020

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The black lines are apparently current road construction

 

544hydro

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• Apr 30, 2020

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Being from Wisconsin don t ya mean stop n go lights? People give me grief for calling them that.

 

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504

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• Apr 30, 2020

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So you have a dreaded traffic circle.

 

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4520BW

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• Apr 30, 2020

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I work with a guy from Wisconsin and he always calls them that and also says the sun glasses holder on my truck would be a good brat holder..Ay?

 

Bruce from Can.

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Woodville, Ontario, Canada

• Apr 30, 2020

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Couple towns near me don?t have 200 people, but
do have a stop light. The village on the edge of my
farm had 900 residents, and no stop lights

 

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wilson ind

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• Apr 30, 2020

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Just what happens at a stop and go? I assume its just a red light where one must stop, then proceed. What I have trouble with is when someone calls a traffic signal a stop light. In directions i have had many mix >a stop light with a traffic signal. When i ask if it has a green light on is it still necessary to stop??
Then its not a stop light its a traffic signal!!!!!!!!!1 Some may say whats the difference?? If you have a long nose tractor pulling a 45 foot trailer in an unfamiliar town with both signals its a BIG DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Vito

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• Apr 30, 2020

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We have one and a flashing light in a town with population around
4500. Please don?t ask me how many 4 way stop signs in town. CT is
crazy with them.

Was on Martha?s Vineyard for work can?t say I have ever seen one
in the part of the island I drive in. No franchise stores either. Local
zoning doesn?t allow them. I agree with that one.

Vito

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Apr 30, 2020

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Where the road by my place crosses the 4 lane there is a stop light,no anything just trees on all 4 corners.

 

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Hoofer B

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• Apr 30, 2020

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yep stop and go lights. I drink water from a bubbler, couple of two three times a day.

 

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Hoofer B

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• Apr 30, 2020

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People put here sun glasses up there? Weird. Who needs sun glasses when you wear a cap? In Wisconsin, even the auto dealerships call it a brat holder. It is in the brochure I think.

 

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fixerupper

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• Apr 30, 2020

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3900 is fairly big to have no traffic lights. You guys must be courteous and alert drivers. Around here 850 is about the biggest town with no traffic lights.

 

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Pete in Holland MI

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• Apr 30, 2020

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Newberry, Michigan, has a current population of about 1600. When my wife was learning to drive in the late 70's
(population around 1900 then), they had to drive 60 miles to Sault Ste Marie to experience going thru a traffic light.
That still holds true today.

Their last phone book I saw several years ago was comprised of about 6 white pages, and included a couple small local
communities too.

 

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paul

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• May 1, 2020

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I don?t think Springfield, MN has a light. 2150 population.

Interesting question. I?ll have something to think on tomorrow.

Paul

 

showcrop

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• May 1, 2020

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My town of Chester NH is just under 5,000 and has no light. the main intersection in town has a crash around every other month though, and the state is considering installation of a rotary. I saw a conceptual drawing of it and it takes very little ground around it. I think that the new style rotaries work well. There is one that I have driven through a lot with a tri-axle dump truck, that every few days had fresh dual tire tracks through the middle that came and left from the same direction.

 

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Farmall plowboy

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• May 1, 2020

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don't ya ever drink pop?

 

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Leroy

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• May 1, 2020

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The traffuc circle I call DEATH TRAPS. I will drive miles out of my way to avoid them. I have seen vehicles go thru at guessing 50+ MPH and about on 2 of their 4 wheels.

 

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rustyfarmall

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• May 1, 2020

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Clarinda, Iowa. Population between 5,000 to 6,000. ALL traffic lights have been removed and replaced with 4 way stop signs. It actually works quite well, even at the south end of town where highways 2 and 71 intersect. Fewer traffic accidents now than when the stop lights were functional.

 

Destroked 450

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Harned, Ky

• May 1, 2020

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Town east of me, also the largest town in our county with around 3000+ population doesn't have any traffic lights or stop lights in town.
They built a bypass around that town a while back and finally had to install traffic lights at the 3 main intersections of the bypass to reduce the number of accidents from cross traffic running the stop signs.