Do you purchase things from traffic signal?

Hi Sreekala, Yes i used to buy newspaper. Getting one relieves me of boredom from traffic. however, bus drivers must be careful enough because they can do some trouble for selling inside their buses.

I too come across the same menace at busy junction but I never entertain such junction hawkers or beggars. This happened here once when a lady opened the side wind-shield to give a coin to a beggar she suddenly snatched the gold chain round her neck and ran away. You know it is difficult to chase a burglar in the midst of heavy traffic especially you are in a car and waiting at the junction for the green signal. The beggars and sellers of curios are more during festival seasons. During onam there will be people,especially from the north, to sell plastic floral carpets and during Christmas there will be many out there to sell masks,decorative items,balloons,trees etc. Whatever be the occassion I never entertain any of them or open my windshield when I drive my car. A warning:You don't do it either, lol.

i think you are from the philippines? am i right? i do not usually buy from them. but there are times when i am super hungry, i buy from them. also only when there is a VERY interesting topic in the newspaper. usually when the traffic light turns red, its my time to go over things in my car and see if i can tidy them.

I don't practice that, my friend. Because if I'm in hurry I will stick on what I have in mind...Have a nice day!!!

Hiya Sreekala, It is´nt allowed for anyone to sell in the main Streets except when there are celebrations and they have to have a License for it. If they get caught they can be put in Jail or fined so it has been reduced to nothing as People cannot afford to pay for that License. No Selling is allowed in the Traffic or on Trains or Buses for that you have to go to their Markets they setup which is often wayout of the Town. It has become really unfriendly in that sense.

Hello Sreekala, Ive been in this situation only once and the man was selling newspapers and he's been at that specific corner for years. But Id think that now it would be best to be at a traffic light with the windows closed and your doors locked. I wouldnt want to buy anything from that type of street vendors unless Id know them. How can you find them again if the product is defective? How can you be sure its not stolen merchandise? But, Id be more concerned with my own safety, sitting in my car with my wallet in my hands.......not a good idea Id say.

I have not done this much Sree.But once or twice I have bought oranges and chickoos in the train.That is all.Genrally, I do not trust them because we can be loaded with substandard stuff.

Here in Australia where I live we have young people selling newspapers of offering to clean car windows at traffic lights. I say no to either because the windows don’t usually get cleaned very well and if you don’t have the right change for the paper you will not get any change at all! When I travelled in Thailand I used to see people especially children selling things almost everywhere; even in restaurants kids used to come in and sell tissues, they looked like they really needed the money too and I had so many packets of tissues because I used to buy a couple almost every meal time!

Hello sreekela as if you're talking experience from my country. I understand you're from India. Are you referring that to our country Philippines? If not then we have the same quality of people living on the streets. Yeah, sometimes I would buy especially when I feel thirsty at the middle of the way. There are also lots of people here in out country doing same as yours... I think we have one thing in common in our society... Thanks... Mobhomeir here///....

Hi sree. Have you ever seen the film "traffic signal" directed by madhur bhandarkar? All sceneries of a traffic signal are here. Anyway, its not common here in guwahati, so i have not ever baught anything from that area but yes, i buy newspaper or megazine from roadside shop. Take care.

I have never seen these people selling things at traffic lights in Australia or any of the other countries that I have travelled to. What we do get here though at traffic lights is windscreen washers. They will have a squirt bottle full of water or a bucket and a window cleaning tool that scrubs with one side and removes the water with the other side. They approach your car and ask before washing most of the time, but some people wash first and make you feel obliged to pay them. I do not like this!

This is not a practice that we see here and in fact I think it might be illegal here. However, if it was something that was commonplace, I don't think that I would ever do it. I've always been really picky about what I will buy and to have to make a purchase in a hurry like that, I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it. I can see though why people try to do this kind of thing because there are people that need to get ahold of every dime that they can find in this society.

HI Sree, These have become a common one in Bangalore in each traffic signals on the roads they keep selling even i have noticed it. Earlier i use to see only newspapers in the evening times as the evening edition would be released but now we see toys, gloves, clothes etc and i also saw a sales person in a privates bus giving the demo of the product of the juice extractor and selling them in the buses. Have a great day.

Sreekala, I have also noticing that there are many people are coming to sell their things in traffic signal as well begging and forcing the people also. This is not fair what they doing , we should not encourage such a kind of persons, these type of problems should com forward to take action by any social net work people.

Hi Sree, I totally have never seen such situation taking place in my place here. I believe people are not allowed to sell stuffs somewhere around the traffic light. If the small selling and buying is allowed to take place in such heavy traffic area, surely this will cause the traffic disturbance. Further more if the purchasing is still carry on when it’s turn for the vehicles to move forward. And this of course will bring undesirable inconvenience to most of the road users definitely. Therefore it’s not encouraged to do so utterly. We would see people promote their goods like dried fish and shrimp, DVD, cookies, lotteries, etc at the food court occasionally in my place. But I never like to purchase whatever while taking food. I prefer to get things from the hypermarket or shopping mall. We can find the same vendor to claim for replacement or compensation in case the stuffs we have bought having any problem Yeah, it’s not wise to buy thing in a rush for we don’t have time to check the quality of the stuff nicely before paying. No wonder you have heard that someone have purchased a book with missing pages from a traffic signal. I had seen people rushed up in a small crowd and tried to peddle their goods in front of the bus while visiting certain tourist sites in China few years back. I think at least this is better and safer as well than to promote the products in any busy road. Take care and happy posting

nope.selling and/or begging on the medians where i live is totally illegal. they're on those people right away if they see them.

We have beggers at the traffic lights. That have made it a law that they cant do it, but they still try. Im sure if they were selling at the lights they would also be arrested. Actually its not against they law to beg. Its against the law to give. Sounds kind of backwards to me. But then i question alot of our laws. I believe the beggers and sellers at the traffic lights are distracting to the drivers.

Hi Sree.. Nice Topic.. I will purchase NEWS papers to read when long traffic jams and clothes that we use to wipe galsses in the traffic signal.. but other than these I have not purchased anything else.. Sometimes these kind of sales irritates me when I am in hurry.. this kind of sales are common in my place also..

I do not purchase anything from the signal. I feel sorry about that. It should be controlled and they should be given ultimatum to earn. Everybody is in hurry in the signal. Accident is likely to happen if it continues.

as for me,i did not buy foods in between traffic signals especially if foods are open or may come out dirty. as much as possible i do not encourage them to sell any items in that short a time...its critical for both parties the seller and the buyer. for the seller its not safe for them to sell in traffic lights especially kids, and for the buyer the quality of product is at stake.