How to Use traffic signal in a Sentence

traffic signal

noun
Definition of traffic signalnext
  • 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
  • Two new traffic signals would be installed where Verdugo and Olive meet at the east and west ends.
    — Anthony Clark Carpio, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • The man was also cited for not obeying a traffic signal.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • 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 report states the bus entered the intersection on a green traffic signal which then turned to yellow.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2020
  • When police arrived at the crash scene, the victim said the man’s vehicle hit her car at the Front-Depot Street traffic signal as the light turned green.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
  • As a result, his red Nissan Altima jumped a curb and struck a steel traffic signal pole.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In addition to the traffic signal, there would be three through lanes in each direction on Jackrabbit Trail, Willett said, as well as dual left-turn lanes to get onto the freeway and dual right-turn lanes to get off of the freeway.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • So throughout the ’50s and ’60s, parents—largely mothers—protested, demanding traffic signals and crossing guards so their children could safely get themselves to school.
    — Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024

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