近所の交差点で信号が暗く停止していて警官が交通整理していたAt a nearby intersection, the traffic light was out and not working
交通量の少ない交差点なので実害はなさそうでした
しかし信号って相当役に立ってるんですね
It’s a relatively quiet intersection, so the impact was minimal.
Even so, there were about 7 or 8 officers managing two intersections.
As I was waiting at the crosswalk for the signal to go, a female officer kindly told me, "Please wait a moment."
I wanted to ask her, “What happened?” but I decided not to, as I didn’t want to interfere with her duties.
Traffic lights are actually quite useful, aren’t they? Since we’re so accustomed to following them, it’s troublesome when they’re not there.
If this intersection had never had a traffic light to begin with, maybe it wouldn’t feel so strange. There’s a big difference in impression between a signal that’s always working suddenly going out, and one that was never there at all.
