Traffic signals gone rogue.
This morning, around 9:00 am, I came to a stoplight at an intersection near an overpass which connects traffic to highway C-470, a major 4 lane highway around south Denver. There are 4 traffic directions connected with this stop. I was first in my lane and the light turned green but apparently it turned green in all 4 directions. Two cars cut in front of me and onto C-470. I think the rest of us realized something was wrong. We all stopped and then eased forward in our respective direction taking turns. When I returned to that intersection, there were two state trooper cars and a third vehicle which was over near the box that controls the lights. I didn't have any trouble getting through. When I went through this afternoon, there were no troopers or anyone working on the signal box, however, I will slow down approaching the intersection and won't be in too much of a hurry to go when there are cars in the left turn lane. I think we were all lucky.