Now that Christmas Eve is over and the shops are open again, ready to exchange Christmas gifts and Christmas bonuses – yes, now you can tell your loved ones which presents you might have been a little more excited about. Although some wishes are difficult to fulfill, even for those who prefer to take care of it themselves. The dream of having your own traffic light is also one that many in and around Ingolstadt have to keep dreaming for the time being. At the beginning of December, the city administration had advertised “discarded signaling devices” as an “extraordinary Christmas present” on Facebook, for a fee and to be picked up by the customer. The handover of the 20 old traffic lights took place last week and thus in time for the festival. However, the city administration would also have got rid of more pieces. According to Danube Courier the responsible office for traffic management and geoinformation received more than 2000 inquiries.
Only a few very lucky can look forward to a real Ingolstadt rarity. Just what to do with it? Placing the traffic light in front of your own house so that you can easily get out of the garage despite a lot of traffic could possibly cause trouble with neighbors, the police and road traffic regulations. Apart from that, there are hardly any limits to creativity, especially in these Corona times. CO₂ traffic lights in classrooms remind people to ventilate or direct the flow of visitors to museums; Both can of course be installed just as easily in the household. And from the family it is known how once a signal system for disco lighting was rededicated for the party room, so that red-yellow-green move the guests to dance in quick succession.
Nice considerations, at least for the few who came into play at the Ingolstadt signaling device. For everyone else, in view of the imbalance between supply and demand, the signs are unfortunately more red. Even the otherwise resourceful retail sector has not yet reacted to the misery of unfulfilled traffic light dreams, as was the case on Monday with a sample at a large electronics retail group based in Ingolstadt showed. Anyone looking for “traffic light” in their online shops was offered a flashlight, among other things.