How to Use traffic signal in a Sentence

traffic signal

noun
  • His night of fun has been ruined by a dude who can’t read a swaying traffic signal.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
  • Storm sewers, street lights and new traffic signals have also been added.
    — Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2019
  • There are two traffic signals — one for each line of cars — at each entrance with a meter.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That means sidewalks, bus lanes and marked crosswalks with traffic signals.
    — Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • If the traffic signal is out, please treat the intersection as one with a stop sign.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • In addition to the traffic signal, the project will also add a left turn lane.
    — March 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There is no Uber or Lyft without our traffic signals, our roads.
    — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The driver was cited for drug abuse and not obeying traffic signals.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The traffic signals were damaged by the heat of the fire and will be replaced, police said.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That is to make a new four-way intersection with traffic signals.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • What irks them the most is that the traffic signal turned red for merely 20 seconds.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The service, free to the city, is available at every traffic signal.
    — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 31 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The initial version of the stoplight feature would slow down whether a traffic signal was red or green.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The boyfriend was stopped at a traffic signal waiting to turn onto Pearl Road.
    — cleveland, 16 July 2021
  • Ryan was a passenger in the Hyundai, which crashed into a traffic signal pole.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The closures are needed for crews to install a traffic signal, the release states.
    — arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
  • All traffic signals along the state route will be fully operational and all lanes both north and south will be open.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
  • As part of these changes, a new traffic signal will be installed at Skelton Street.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • What is the penalty for disobeying a traffic signal?
    — Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Two new traffic signals would be installed where Verdugo and Olive meet at the east and west ends.
    — Anthony Clark Carpio, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
  • One of the vehicles that was hit was pushed onto the median and knocked over a traffic signal.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Cross streets at corners, using crosswalks and traffic signals.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Police said Gilmore was found in a vehicle stopped in a travel lane and at a traffic signal.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
  • They are used to change lights from red to green and improve the timing of traffic signals along a street, Stephens wrote in an email.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • The law allows pedestrians to cross the street at any point and allows for crossing against traffic signals.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • An intersection is defined as a road with a traffic signal, four-way stop or roundabout.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 18 Nov. 2025
  • An intersection is defined as a road with a traffic signal, four-way stop or roundabout.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 22 Nov. 2025

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