Proposal talk:Tag:flashing lights:design

Love it, and thanks for including the obscure (and useless) "Hawk" beacon. I know it is in early stages of the proposal, but some examples of how to map all of a crossing with these features in the future would also be nice.

A few things, you may already be aware in your noble crusade, in the UK while there may be some markings painted on the ground that are a zebra, it doesn't necessarily mean it is a zebra crossing with flashing belisha beacons, so being able to include if it has a flashing light or not will be nice if this proposal is accepted

Also, in a lot of European countries, at night time traffic light controlled junctions will (without a sign) turn into flashing amber "standard" lights, instead of Red, amber, green. I think this happens in the USA, but they have a sign or a separate light.

Its a +1 from me --O0235 (talk) 23:56, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Good to hear the supportive words! First of all, flashing_lights=* already exists. So you can already indicate whether or not there is a flashing light; just not what type.

Also: f*ck. I didn't known of the possibility of having traffic lights turn into a 'flashing light' at night; that is a blind spot in the current tagging schemes. In Belgium, the traffic lights go into 'flashing amber'-mode only if there is a defect with the controller... Either way, I feel that this should not be addressed by this proposal. --Pietervdvn (talk) 00:03, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

The joys of open discussion eh! Possibly conditionals could be a cover for the timed flashing lights? I think France does this (as I'm sure it is where I learned it), and I was on a business trip in Germany, and my boss got really confused getting to a set of lights (just after getting caught by a speed camera :D ) and they were flashing amber, and didn't know what to do until i suggested what it meant.

In the UK though... i think it's the same. I think they only flash amber when they develop a fault. --O0235 (talk) 00:43, 19 January 2026 (UTC)