Laal Batti

In pre-school I was taught that the different lights in the traffic signal had the following meaning:

• Red: Stop
• Yellow: Get Ready to Go
• Green: Go

As far as I can understand the yellow (Amber) light stands for slowing down as the signal is soon going to turn red. The questions that bother me: Why was I taught the wrong significance as a kid? Or was it that I learnt my lesson wrong? Has the meaning of the lights changed in the past few years? Do I actually understand the lights correctly?

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Traffic signal is the place where:

• One stops dancing to the music playing in the car because others can see inside your car
• One watches cute guys in big cars
• One buys the white flower gajra/beni to decorate even the not so beautiful hair simbly because they smell so good and feel so cool (not kewl, cool.)
• One is reminded of the extreme poverty present amongst us
• One waves and smiles at cute kids

What do you do when stopped at a red light? Any interesting experiences?