Engineering Fail: LED Stop lights can’t melt snow

Turns out the energy savings in street lights that are running the new LED Stop lights are so high that they don’t produce the much needed heat in order to melt all that snow. A few accidents and even a death are being blamed on the obstructed traffic lights. Engineering fail! Great idea, terrible follow through! …That’s what she said?

[via Energy-efficient traffic lights can't melt snow @ Associated Press on Yahoo News]