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Designers in Asia have created prototype traffic lights for the colourblind

Designers in Asia have created prototype traffic lights for the colourblind, using different shapes for each light.

The design features a triangular red stop light, a circular amber light and a square green light.

However, critics have already pointed out that colourblind people have driven for decades without problems simply by knowing the positioning and sequencing of traffic lights.

James Lewis-Barned

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