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Cars and Transportation

Flashback: the Green Filter Light

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April 14, 2014

Drivers who stop at a red light can make a right turn if a green filter arrow is lit. This traffic regulation was already in use in the former East Germany before being introduced across reunified Germany 20 years ago. But even now, many drivers don't understand the rules.

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