This new traffic light is shockingly dangerous—but still saves lives

Evan Edinger September 15, 2024
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Hi! I’m Evan Edinger, an American-British YouTuber living in London. I upload a new video every Sunday! From differences in British and American life, to urbanism, language, and everything in between. I haven’t missed an upload in over 10 years. Subscribe now and you can say the same!

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Even cops ignore the HAWK Beacon. How then is it "safe"? 🌏 Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/evan It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ Vlog channel https://youtube.com/EvanEdinger Video Chapters: 0:00 Hook and Intro 0:30 Pop Quiz 0:53 The biggest problem plaguing American cities 1:30 America's Silliest Solution to the problem (See Me Flags) 2:26 The History of the HAWK Beacon 4:20 How does a pedestrian use a HAWK Beacon (PHB) 5:17 The phases of the HAWK Beacon for motorists 8:07 The hidden problem with the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon 9:04 The counterintuitive design language of the HAWK Beacon 10:00 Why Americans never walk anywhere 12:11 Intial studies on the effectiveness of the HAWK Beacon 13:00 The New Jersey study on HAWK beacon effectiveness or lack thereof 14:57 Why did they have to overengineer it so much? 15:26 How UK pedestrian crossings work (Pelican, Puffin, Pedex, Toucan, Pegasus) 16:56 A slight silver lining 17:41 How to fix the HAWK beacon and other solutions 18:53 How one NJ city stopped all pedestrian deaths for the past 7 years 20:31 SPON 21:29 Bad pun and Conclusion Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed it! Everyday Engineering is an underrated YouTube channel (with under 2k subs!). Most of the clips from Hoboken were from his channel. Give it a watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgXOavHjIH8 Another great video sourced about Hoboken is this one by Streetfilms shot by Clarence Eckeron Jr. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBX641dXuF4 If you're new to my channel and videos, hi! I'm Evan Edinger, and I make weekly "comedy" videos every Sunday evening. As an American living in London I love noticing the funny differences between the cultures and one of my most popular video series is my British VS American one. I'm also known for making terrible puns so sorry in advance. Hope to see you around, and I'll see you next Sunday! :) If you want to know HOW I make my videos including gear, lighting, all the tiddly bits that connect it all together, (with cheaper alternatives and kit I used to use), I've listed each item, what it's great at, and why I use it on the gear section of my website here: https://www.evanedinger.com/blog/my-gear Otherwise: here's a quick list of some of my kit without descriptions from the above link: Camera: Sony A7siii https://geni.us/Evana7siii Main Lens: Sony 24mm f/1.4 G-Master https://geni.us/Evan24 Secondary Lens: Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G-Master https://geni.us/Evan1635 Main Light: Aputure 120d mkii https://geni.us/Evan120d Shotgun Microphone: Sennheiser MKH-416 https://geni.us/Evan416 Really useful SSD: SanDisk Extreme Portable 2TB https://geni.us/EvanPortSSD The background music I use is all from Epidemic Sound! I highly recommend it: https://geni.us/EvanEpidemicSound Store: (LUTs, Presets, & Prints) ► http://evanedinger.com/store Patreon: http://patreon.com/EvanEdinger Second Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EvanEdingerTravel Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/EvanEdinger Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/EvanEdinger Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EvanEdinger Discord: https://discord.com/invite/aH5jSEC

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