Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
the flashing green light comes only during the last five seconds.
the countdown timer shows the entire 60-90 seconds.
some intersections are such wide swatches of real estate, it takes over 10 seconds of slow traffic, to cross them.
and because it's an intersection, one does not know just how congested the street they are turning into, is.
the complete countdown timer is superior, really.

and i also noticed, in some intersections, the countdown timer, active in the daytime, disappears at night.
someone should tell these folks, "hindi napapagod ang electronics".
Yes, the countdown timer was a welcome feature. It took out the guess work when crossing an intersection; specially, a big one as you mentioned.

As for it turning off at night, maybe it is on night mode and the cycle shifts faster because traffic is lighter at night?