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Page 30 - shelby shopper & info - 704/484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Thursday, January 27-February 2, 2011 SUDOKU SUDOKU For The Young & or The oung & The Young The Young At Heart! Heart! The Traffic Light Ever wonder what roads would be like without traffic lights? A mess, right? Well, that was exactly the scene in the early 1900s. Cars had just become available to the public, and the roads were filled with them, plus horse-drawn carriages and bicycles. Driving through such crowded roads was difficult, especially at intersections. intersection and decided to invent something that would make intersections less dangerous. Although police officers might direct traffic at really busy intersections, most drivers were left to fend for themselves, often causing accidents. One day, inventor Garrett Morgan saw a bad accident at an Morgan thought about the problem and came up with a hand-cranked T-shaped pole light that would control the flow of traffic at intersections. The light had three positions: stop, go and an all-traffic stop so pedestrians could cross the street safely. Morgan’s invention was a success and used everywhere until automatic traffic lights were invented. CROSSWORDS CROSSWORDS