{"id":5823,"date":"2026-09-29T18:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:46:48","slug":"the-red-light-that-never-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5823","title":{"rendered":"The Red Light That Never Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia and the others need to cross a busy road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They reach the traffic light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They press the pedestrian button, but after ten minutes, the light still hasn\u2019t turned green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia<br>\u201cYou know what? Let\u2019s just go for it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four of them run across the road as drivers honk and nearly run them over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once they reach the other side, they see a pedestrian approaching the traffic light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He presses the button and then taps his card on a panel they hadn\u2019t noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately, the traffic light turns green, and the pedestrian crosses calmly and safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia stops another pedestrian who is about to do the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papaia<br>\u201cExcuse me? Do you have to pay to cross at traffic lights in this city?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pedestrian<br>\u201cNo\u2026 it\u2019s actually free\u2026 but you have to wait 32 minutes. If you pay, the light turns green immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor<br>\u201cAh, I see\u2026 What\u2019s next? Premium firefighters?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papaia and the others need to cross a busy road. They reach the traffic light. They press the pedestrian button, but after ten minutes, the light still hasn\u2019t turned green. Papaia\u201cYou know what? Let\u2019s just go for it!\u201d The four of them run across the road as drivers honk and nearly run them over. Once &#8230; <a title=\"The Red Light That Never Ends\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=5823\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Red Light That Never Ends\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}