Who invented the 4 way automatic "traffic light"?
Correct answer: William L. Potts
Player #5513970
He was a very clever man, now look at the traffic lights. There every where.
MonasticImplication1
Player #5513970, He was also a Black man.
Player #4250921
Garrett Morgan and William Potts each invented different types of traffic lights. Potts was white, Morgan was black. The traffic light that Potts invented was known as the 4 way traffic light. And yes, I Googled it.
Player #38291957
Player #4250921, I don't understand what the person's colour of skin matters. may as well comment on peoples eye colour...does that make a difference?
Taramaiden
Yeah, you know, Thomas Edison was responsible for some things, and pinching the credit for others, but he didn't invent EVERYTHING!
originaljerseygirlat
I know it drives me crazy when people use the wrong"there" and the wrong"to", but for the life of me I don't know why!!
Tippiaca
and no doubt this invention save lives
Player #49699886
Player #38291957, The reason why people point out a person's skin color is that some accomplishments that were achieved by people of color were overlooked.
DisasterP
Guillermo, Roundabouts are great if people would learn how to use them.
504native
Hoplea, Garret Morgan invented gas mask and one of the first traffic light
meka
Player #38291957, totally agree. A smart person is a smart person no matter their race or gender.
Nix
MonasticImplication1, actually he wasn't. Google it. anyway so what if he's black white pink blue green or purple. stop alway bringing up a person's color. it's so insecure.
Barb@71
MonasticImplication1, William L Potts was White
KalahariSurfer
Player #5513970, Correction: "They're everywhere."
J
Traffic lights, Traffic Jams, Too much Traffic, do us and the environment a favour walk or buy a bike!!!!!
arohanui
originaljerseygirlat, because it just looks wrong
Player #84589631
Answer should have mentioned that Potts was a black man who invented the traffic light.
Player #83925953
it also drives me crazy when someone uses THERE for their or TO for TOO. Things that should have been learned by 3rd grade. However, I don't want either one of these grammatical errors to take away from the cleverness and pure genius of Mr. Pott.
Player #38618593
Player #38291957,
You're missing the point here. It's important to mention race and gender because so many inventors have been uncredited or ignored if they were people of color or if they were women. It's always good to set the record straight.
GMG
MonasticImplication1, opps they left that quite deliberate
pchezz
Player #38291957, yes. if it has reference to the subject
RICK-N-BACHER
originaljerseygirlat, If that's all you have TO worry about consider yourself lucky
Player #70614116
nani24, to give credit where credit is due.
Linda444
How do you guys know this stuff? I'm a trivia fan, but lately this game has some off the wall trivia. 🤔
Player #36215423
originaljerseygirlat, they're usually confused because they cannot figure out how to get from there to their home😂😂
Ferdz
MonasticImplication1, no offense but he is white. Google it
Player #14000764
traffic lights are a great invention, we need to have them in large cities, and especially in areas where stop signs don't work. mostly rural areas, stop signs are fine. In some streets you will never get where you going if not for the traffic light.
Blacktulip23
Garret Morgan was black and he invented one of the two types of traffic lights. Google is great. All hail the supreme arbitrator of correctness, only kidding:)
Guillermo
I have come to love roundabouts
Player #8008224gato
originaljerseygirlat, brevity
Player #3483065
MonasticImplication1, even better
Player #8601683
MonasticImplication1, thank you!