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Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr., otherwise known as Big Chief Mason, was the inventor of the traffic lights we know now.

Morgan wAs born in Claysville, an African-American community, on March 4, 1877 and was fathered by Sydney Morgan and mothered by Elizabeth Reed, whom where former slaves. He also had a brother, but it is UNCLEAR what his name was or if he had any more siblings.

He whent to school at Branch Elementary School in Claysville and continued schjol untill he droped out at age 16 in hopes to find employment.

He worked as a handyman for a Cincinnati landowner in his teens. This is around the time where he found that he had a knick for how things work. He lived his adult life as an inventor and community leader.

When Morgan experienced a bad accident in the midfle of a intersection, The idea of some sort of traffic mechanism past his mind. But the idea of some sort of traffic control invention has been thought of before. Hiwever he continued on to file a patent for a traffic control device in 1922, which was granted in 1923.

The traffic light we know and love now is not the only invention morgan has made.
Garrett Morgan also invented a safety hood smoke protection device for firefighters, as well as
a curved-tooth comb for hair straightening.

His personal life was pretty plain. He married Mary Anne Hassek, his second wife, in 1908 after his divorce with his first wife. He went on to father three sons with Mary. He passed away in July 27, 1963.

The traffic light has three different lights and each one is three different colors. Each of the three colors each represent a different action of course you must take. The top light, red, means to stop. The yellow light signifies the driver to take caution and to slow down because the red light is going to show. The green light means to go, or to proceed in the direction you are going. Some traffic lights may have an arrow pointing to the right or to the left. The colors signify the same thing, but the action of course is different. These lights are usually used to tell the driver if a turn down a lane is open or not. The lights switch from color to color usually by a timer.

A modern age like this without traffic lights could be a disaster. It would take no idiot the put two and two together to understand that with the newest technology of cars and such, life without traffic lights would make the streets more dangerous than they already are. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day with traffic lights, with an adiiton to 20-50 million who are injured or crippled, so its hard to imagine a life without the 3 colored flares. Traffic lights matter because they make our roads safer and more organized.

Description
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr., otherwise known as Big Chief Mason, was the inventor of the traffic lights we know now.

Morgan wAs born in Claysville, an African-American community, on March 4, 1877 and was fathered by Sydney Morgan and mothered by Elizabeth Reed, whom where former slaves. He also had a brother, but it is UNCLEAR what his name was or if he had any more siblings.

He whent to school at Branch Elementary School in Claysville and continued schjol untill he droped out at age 16 in hopes to find employment.

He worked as a handyman for a Cincinnati landowner in his teens. This is around the time where he found that he had a knick for how things work. He lived his adult life as an inventor and community leader.

When Morgan experienced a bad accident in the midfle of a intersection, The idea of some sort of traffic mechanism past his mind. But the idea of some sort of traffic control invention has been thought of before. Hiwever he continued on to file a patent for a traffic control device in 1922, which was granted in 1923.

The traffic light we know and love now is not the only invention morgan has made.
Garrett Morgan also invented a safety hood smoke protection device for firefighters, as well as
a curved-tooth comb for hair straightening.

His personal life was pretty plain. He married Mary Anne Hassek, his second wife, in 1908 after his divorce with his first wife. He went on to father three sons with Mary. He passed away in July 27, 1963.

The traffic light has three different lights and each one is three different colors. Each of the three colors each represent a different action of course you must take. The top light, red, means to stop. The yellow light signifies the driver to take caution and to slow down because the red light is going to show. The green light means to go, or to proceed in the direction you are going. Some traffic lights may have an arrow pointing to the right or to the left. The colors signify the same thing, but the action of course is different. These lights are usually used to tell the driver if a turn down a lane is open or not. The lights switch from color to color usually by a timer.

A modern age like this without traffic lights could be a disaster. It would take no idiot the put two and two together to understand that with the newest technology of cars and such, life without traffic lights would make the streets more dangerous than they already are. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day with traffic lights, with an adiiton to 20-50 million who are injured or crippled, so its hard to imagine a life without the 3 colored flares. Traffic lights matter because they make our roads safer and more organized.