This is a good example of a conventional law (decided by men), as opposed to a natural law (decided by men interpreting what they think God told them). In truth the color assignment for following traffic laws is purely arbitrary. It could just as easily have been proceed on raw umber, slow down on magenta, and stop on cobalt blue.
Interestingly enough there is a defiant group of citizens in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho that view the current system as an infringement of their Constitutional rights. In protest they are expressing their right to proceed on red and stop on green. Unfortunately not everyone living there is supporting their view so the results have been mixed at best.
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"green means go. red means stop. yellow means go very fast."--starman/jeff bridges
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