advanced green

== English == === Noun === advanced green (plural advanced greens) (Canada) In some jurisdictions, a type of traffic light signal, in which the green light initially flashes while the matching light for oncoming traffic remains red, signalling drivers that they may make an unobstructed turn across the oncoming lane while the flashing continues. 2003 Sept. 15, Jeff Gray, "Advanced greens: Too few, too short," Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), p. A9 (retrieved 26 May 2011): Bruce Zvaniga, the city's manager of urban traffic control, said Toronto's advanced greens always last for at least six seconds, and 10 seconds or more at busy intersections at peak times. === References === “advanced green”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.