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They are called traffic lights or traffic signals.

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*** 2nd Answerer Says: Some parts of the country call them stoplights (as opposed to go-lights or caution-lights) and there is a variation called "blinking lights". "Blinking lights can be blinking red in all four directions to designate a four-way stop or full-stop in two directions & cautionary slow-down (blinking yellow) the other two directions.

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