New pedestrian crossing on Route 19, St. Petersburg FL
TrafficDrivers on Route 19 in St. Petersburg observed flashing yellow and red lights that slowed traffic. They initially thought it could be an accident or road work but later realized it was a new pedestrian crossing being installed.
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We've got flashing lights up here.
00:01
I don't know what's going on, but traffic is not moving.
00:04
And they're not red and, they're yellow and,
00:07
it looks like they're yellow and red lights.
00:09
They're not red and blue.
00:11
I don't know what, uh,
00:13
there's a wreck up there, an ambulance or fire truck, or what's going on?
00:17
Wow.
00:31
It could just be road work too, but it's hard to tell from way back here.
00:41
Yeah, in South Carolina, they usually work on roads at night.
00:51
You know, I don't know that it helps down here.
00:54
I know they do it in Tampa a lot or out on the highway.
00:57
They do, they have night crews,
00:59
but honestly don't know how much it helps with the amount of traffic that's down here all the time.
01:05
So it may be a good thing for them or it may not.
01:11
That sounds a good point.
01:22
Well, so I figured out what that blinking was they put another pedestrian crossing across 19.
01:30
Okay.
01:37
Which confuses the crap out of me.
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US-19, St. Petersburg, FL
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