September 25, 2010

Green means yes

I feel like such a hick for posting this because I'm sure they're common in more developed countries, but I just had to because I was actually delighted when I realized what they were. I noticed them on the ceiling of the parking building when we last went to an SM Supermall, and it took me several seconds before I understood what they were for. A green light means that the parking space is free and a red light means that a car's parked there. Now, drivers don't have to crawl through all the lanes looking for a free slot; just one look at the lights and they'll know whether they can park on that level or move on to the next. Isn't that so clever? I doubt if they'll help ease the awful traffic around Manila's humongous malls during weekends though.

red and green lights in a parking building

16 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2010 at 7:06 AM

    Colour of hope.

    Please have you all a good weekend.

    daily athens

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  2. Photo CacheSeptember 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    neat - everything is color coded now right?

    happy weekend.

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  3. JanetSeptember 25, 2010 at 8:39 AM

    What a good idea!

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  4. arabesqueSeptember 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    erm, it does help, a lot actually, esp. for a newbie driver like me.
    but some of it got some glitches already, but still...

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  5. JamesSeptember 25, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    That is such a great idea! I wish they had this around here.

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  6. gadisBunga™September 25, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    color coding makes things difficult for color blinds. heheh

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  7. B SQUAREDSeptember 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    I wish we had those here.

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  8. AlSeptember 25, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Oh so that's what are they for? I noticed them, but we seldom park in the SM parking, Dawn and I noticed it when we went to clinica manila using the park entrance, and Dawn played with it, it's green when she stand underneath and red and when not. I played with it also hahahaha.

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  9. UnknownSeptember 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    I'm australian and I'd never seen these lights till i came to Manila!

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  10. DinaSeptember 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    Great idea, new to me.

    Could have used those lights when my daughter came to visit. We made the mistake of driving to the mall in her rented car just before the Rosh Hashana holiday. We drove around and around on all the parking floors and did not find a single free space.

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  11. Cezar and LéiaSeptember 25, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    Modern art here as well, very well done dear Hilda!
    Léia

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  12. James MarkSeptember 25, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    Great idea, but I've never seen them in the UK.

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  13. Rob SiemannSeptember 25, 2010 at 7:36 PM

    Clever

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  14. FranciscaSeptember 26, 2010 at 1:18 AM

    I drive... and I've noticed these!

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  15. My Life as A MOMSeptember 26, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    That's actually a pretty neat idea.
    I thought it was a traffic light, LOL!

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  16. miaSeptember 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    Haha I felt like a hick too when I posted this on my blog some time ago. I saw this in SM too and I had the same reaction. It's sooo clever! Makes parking more efficient. I hope other malls follow suit.

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