A stoplight (traffic light) located at the intersection of a VERY busy highway - and a local road in a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere, where the highway passes through. The stoplight has EQUAL time at "red" (stop) on both the highway and the road. As a result, at rush hour, the highway traffic is backed up for miles, while there is few, if any vehicles on the local road. The locals don't care, but the traffic slowdown effects businesses, livelihoods and sanity in the bigger cities at either end of the highway.
(Driving to work) Aw man! There seems to be a traffic jam up ahead - oh wait...(looks at Google Maps)...it's just a Yokel Stoplight on this route. Should've took the interstate instead.
by joe995 April 19, 2025