Anon02/25/26, 17:49No.2066513
Unfortunately, flashing red light meaning "Stop" is incompatible with the Vienna convention
>Article 23, paragraph 1(b) (i) A red flashing light, or two red lights flashing alternately, one light appearing when the other is extinguished, and mounted on the same support, at the same height, and facing the same direction shall mean that vehicles shall not pass the stop line or, if there is no stop line, shall not pass beyond the level of the signal; these lights may be used only at level-crossings, at approaches to swing bridges or ferry-boat landing stages, and to indicate that traffic may not proceed because of fire-fighting vehicles entering the road or of the approach of an aircraft which will cross the road at a lower altitude;It's treated the same as the double flashing alternating red light and in some countries it's the preferred or the only signal on railway level crossings.
But maybe the conventon is right and the two signals are too similar, you wouldn't want them to be confused. How does it work in practice in the US and Canada?
