Views continue to differ over the pedestrian crossing lights in the north Oamaru business area on State Highway 1.
On Wednesday, the Otago Daily Times reported the new lights, which were completed last Friday, were causing unexpected side effects for traffic flow, intersections and pedestrians.
Pedestrians praised the safety of the lights, but there was difficulty with sensors picking up pedestrians, particularly children, the paper said.
Opinions were also posted on the Otago Daily Times North Otago Facebook page.
Joseph Samuel Cropley, who works at a training centre near the crossing, said he saw near-misses and accidents at the pedestrian crossing before the lights went in.
''It was not uncommon to hear screeching of tyres at least two to three times a day,'' he said.
He said the lights were a great idea, with the purpose being more about safety than traffic flow.
Jaime-Lee Carter posted on the page that the lights meant traffic could get out of the New World supermarket car park, north of the pedestrian lights.
Daniel Miller said the pedestrian and traffic lights should have been put at an intersection in the north end, rather than the pedestrian lights at the middle of the block, so the road was not so congested.
Jan Omnet said it was even harder to get out from Clare St on to SH 1.
Rodger McGaw tried to put it in perspective.
''It's all part of Oamaruvians getting used to new signals. We are only on day three. Let's not all go crazy and back to the drawing board,'' he posted.
