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Made in 1868 to help pedistrans walk across the street without fearing horses
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A Police man was injured by the Traffic Light and it was taken out of London.
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An American policeman, Lester Wire, who was concerned with the increasing traffic, came up with the idea of the first electric traffic light.
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Based on Wire’s design, the lights were first installed in Cleveland, Ohio, at the corner of 105th and Euclid Avenue.
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A policeman named William Potts in Detroit, Michigan invented the first four-way and three-colored traffic lights. Apart from red and green, a third color – amber (or yellow) – was introduced.
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Over time, computers improved, and the traffic lights subsequently improved, and they could now monitor traffic and change lights accordingly. Based on the software, the traffic of a city could now be predicted and accordingly controlled.