In the photo is one of the few pedestrian traffic lights in Guadalajara, a massive city — the second largest in Mexico. I spent half a day hunting it down. These extremely rare exceptions are all pedestrian crossings without those white figures, and often without the “zebra” stripes. The signal for pedestrians to go is the red light for cars. Or maybe “the cars still seem far away”.
Regarding the history of the traffic light, the name of American inventor Garrett Morgan is often mentioned. He patented a traffic light with an original design in 1923. However, he made history because he was the first in the world to specify in his patent, besides the technical design, its purpose: “The purpose of the device is to make the sequence of crossing at an intersection independent of the person sitting in the vehicle.
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