fick Garrett Morgan patent på sin uppfinning av trafikljus med tre ljus — redan 1868 hade man installerat trafikljus i London, men då med bara två ljuskällor (stopp och gå).
Garrett Morgan
Så här såg Garretts trafikljus ut.
The signal Morgan patented was a T-shaped pole with three settings. At night, when traffic was light, it could be set at half-mast (like a blinking yellow light today), warning drivers to proceed carefully through the intersection. He sold the rights to his invention to General Electric for $40,000.



