Go Red

The current traffic light color code is upside down and backwards. What fool decided stoplights should be red? Red is the color of heat, of energy, of pulsing blood, raging passion. Red means action. Red means GO! Green, in sharp contrast, should not be the signal intended to spur action. Green is the color of repose, of Spring, of dallying in the meadow ‘neath the willow. Green bids you stay awhile and harken to the pipes of Pan. To dream. To bask. No wonder so many motorists die at intersections.

The GO traffic signal should be a blazing ball of fire. The stop signal—and stop signs—should be jet black, or even ultraviolet. The middle light, now yellow, should be robin’s egg blue.

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