Official response: There is no "new national standard for traffic lights in 2022". What is the fundamental origin of the whole thing?

The incident of new national standards for traffic lights in 2022 originated from a short video. Someone falsely used the name of the Traffic Management Science Institute of the Ministry of Public Security to spread it on the short video platform. As a result, most people believe it to be true, and most of them are spreading the news about the new national standard for traffic lights in 2022. In fact, no new national standard has been formulated, and the response from the Traffic Management Science Institute of the Ministry of Public Security is a rumor.

01. New national standard for traffic lights? Nine-square grid traffic lights? Doesn’t actually exist

The so-called new national standard for traffic lights is to change the traditional traffic light model into a nine-square grid traffic light, with the first row of left-turn lights , the second column of stop and go lights, the third column of right turn lights. It is more complex than traditional traffic lights. In fact, this type of traffic lights is only used as a complex intersection and is not changed to a unified standard. This has been clarified by the transportation department as false information posted on the short video platform. If all traffic lights are changed to this style, I believe many people will not understand it. It is equivalent to changing a simple indicator light into a complicated one, which will only affect traffic more and cause many drivers to drive incorrectly. It is not as effective as traditional traffic lights.

02. Don’t rely too much on short video content. Specific documents shall be subject to the release of official documents

Furthermore, the traffic light standards have not been modified since 2017. Once modified, there will definitely be an official document. Moreover, there must be update announcements for the traffic APP software, so there is no need to get news from short videos. Of course, not all short videos are false information, but at least the new national standard for traffic lights in 2022 is not true. For short videos, just watch them as daily entertainment. You cannot believe all the content inside. There are real materials. , there are also many rumors.

To summarize, although this nine-square grid traffic light is not unified across the country. But it does happen on complex road sections. Once you find an intersection with such traffic lights, and you really don’t know how to read the indicator lights, you can reduce your speed and follow the car in front. There are always a few experienced drivers who have suffered a loss and follow them. The probability is not wrong.