Google celebrates 101st anniversary of first electric traffic signal with special doodle

05 August,2015 11:57 AM IST |   |  A correspondent

Internet search engine giant Google commemorated the 101st anniversary of the installation of the first electric traffic signal with a special animated doodle


Internet search engine giant Google commemorated the 101st anniversary of the installation of the first electric traffic signal with a special animated doodle.

The doodle comprises of a row of cars representing motor traffic making up the google logo standing in a traffic signal during the red light. The vehicles zoom away when the light turns green.


Google's doodle on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the first-ever electric traffic signal. Pic courtesy/Google

The American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, which had two colors, red and green, and a buzzer, based on the design of James Hoge, to provide a warning for color changes.

It enabled the police and fire stations to control the signals in case of emergency.

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