Green For Danger

A maintenance company has been ordered to compensate a driver who suffered a car crash when both sets of traffic lights at a crossroads in Sevilla were left on green by mistake. Sociedad Eléctrica de Construcciones, S.A., whose engineer was repairing the set of interlinked traffic lights at a T-junction in the city, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the affected motorist €6,679 for damage to his vehicle. The driver pulled out onto a dual carriageway having seen the green light, but a car smashed into the side of his vehicle as he joined the main route, with the other motorist also thinking it was safe to proceed when he saw a green light on his set of traffic lights.