Len's Lens
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The timings are such that these people are unlikely to be able to get across before the green man disappears.
Seriously - the lights are on red for traffic for WAY too long in Stafford to allow pedestrians to cross. If they can't cross the road in the 20-30 seconds the lights allow for, then maybe they should stay indoors. Once the green man disappears, the sensors detect that someone is still crossing and won't change back to green until they have crossed, or if they are way too slow. And also, above, someone has said that pedestrians have to wait at lights for ages. The things is, they cross on a red man having refused to wait for so long. Then the lights change to red for no reason. Most Puffin lights have sensors to cancel the green man if the person crosses before the green man. However, none of the Puffin lights in Stafford have this, it if they do, it doesn't work - making them practically useless.