How to Use traffic signal in a Sentence

traffic signal

noun
Definition of traffic signalnext
  • The car failed to follow a curve in the road and drove off the road, striking a tree and a traffic signal, police said.
    — Clare Proctor, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2021
  • Flowers were piled up at the traffic signal at Canal Street and Kings Road.
    — Brittany Shammas, Cate Cadell and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The boyfriend was stopped at a traffic signal waiting to turn onto Pearl Road.
    — cleveland, 16 July 2021
  • May 26, an officer walked up to a car that did not move when the traffic signal at which the car was stopped turned green.
    — cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • The traffic signal is part of a broader plan to improve traffic flow in the busy Riverdale shopping area, the city said.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • If the traffic signal is out, please treat the intersection as one with a stop sign.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • One is on Pima just north of the traffic signal and one is a few yards east on Dynamite.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2022
  • As part of these changes, a new traffic signal will be installed at Skelton Street.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The vehicle had front end damage and a traffic signal light was hanging from the car.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • In Cabot, many of the traffic signals across the city were damaged by the storm, according to Facebook posts by the city Sunday and Monday.
    — Ashley Savage, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2023
  • When a traffic signal or stop sign is detected on the road, Super Cruise will alert the driver to take over control of the wheel.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The car was stopping for a traffic signal at Stewart Lane, police said.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Police said Gilmore was found in a vehicle stopped in a travel lane and at a traffic signal.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The man was also cited for not obeying a traffic signal.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • As a result, his red Nissan Altima jumped a curb and struck a steel traffic signal pole.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
  • When the traffic signal turned green, the officer pulled up behind her, Grayer said.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The three-light traffic signal allows cars and pedestrians to cross the streets safely and in an orderly way.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The proposal would pay for road and traffic signal upgrades.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The vehicle then struck a traffic signal pole and came to stop, according to police.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • As a result, the caller said that drivers had to get out of their cars and press the pedestrian crosswalk in order to get their traffic signal to change.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
  • For now, trail users will be directed to the traffic signal at Herriman Boulevard to cross 146th Street.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Cruz said he was stopped at a traffic signal in Hacienda Heights when the pursuit suspect bumped into his sedan.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The collision pushed the Honda into a traffic signal pole.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The suspect’s car went left of center into oncoming traffic and did not stop for a red traffic signal.
    — cleveland, 6 May 2022
  • Koffenberger veered off the roadway and struck a traffic signal pole.
    — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Drivers in both directions will take turns using the northbound lane via a 24/7 traffic signal.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • While in the new intersection, drivers will cross through the intersection at a traffic signal and then will not have to stop to access the ramp, according to the DOT.
    — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • Detectives were also determining if speed was a factor and the sequence of the traffic signal at the time of the collision.
    — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The sedan veered to the right and struck a van stopped at an on-ramp traffic signal, then sailed off the freeway and struck two trees, a chain-link fence and four unoccupied vehicles in a parking lot on Rancheros Drive.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Carmel has more roundabouts than any U.S. city, replacing traffic signals with traffic circles since the late 1990s.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023

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