stoplight

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(US) A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.

A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.

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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer

The Ford Falcon holds the proud title of Slowest Car Ever Built. In certain areas of the country you can go to a stoplight and find Falcon drivers who pressed down on their accelerators in 1963 and are still waiting for their cars to move. Dave Barry

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green. Terry McMillan

After the dedication residents held a mock funeral celebrating the removal of the last stoplight on a transcontinental Interstate Highway. Source: Internet

But then I realize that even he couldn’t have programmed this stoplight with such diabolical, machine-grade passive-aggression. Source: Internet

Driving faster is like thinking the solution to creating safer roadways is to speed when you see the stoplight turn yellow. Source: Internet

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