well THAT'S different...

It was bound to happen.

My arrogant Western self wants to make a list of all the things that I can't seem to get used to (I know it's still early) over here in the UK.

Item #1 - the traffic lights

Most of the lights I've noticed have the same red-amber-green tower from top to bottom like ours. But where we would go from red directly to green so traffic can move forward, they throw the amber in the middle like on a race track. I notice this most, of course, when I'm in a bus and so I have an inward chuckle every time I think of city buses on a race track.
I dunno if this is a better way to control traffic. It sure doesn't make the roads feel safe (PEDESTRIANS BEWARE) but maybe it's better THIS way than it could have been...which is a scary thought.