[sparky_]

Traffic lights are out across Iberia apparently, better stay home.

[stavros]

Do people forget how to drive if there are no lights? I can't imagine many people would think "well, there are no lights, which means GREEEEEEEN!". Over here, a traffic light that doesn't work means it's now a stop sign.

[mango7283]

That's still a recipe for massive gridlock as treating most traffic junctions as stop signs doesn't scale unless there are traffic cops to manually direct traffic

[drcongo]

Having driven in Madrid when lights were working, I think the stay home advice is strong.

[sph]

People routinely forget how to drive when the traffic lights ARE working.

[nakeru]

I work in Barcelona and live in a town 20Km outside it. I drove back home just fine at around 16PM. Some traffic in the city, but manegable. My town has had electricity in homes since 15PM, some neighbourghs told me. At night I drove to my parent's (different town, 10km away) since I couldn't communicate with them and was worried. Their town was pitch black. People were driving mostly safe and slowly. Of course you get the random POS that doesn't care, but I didn't feel in danger at any moment. My parents were fine. I drove back home later and same story. I just woke up (it's 7AM here) and the Internet is back and I have a message from my parents, their electricity is back too. Overall, I didn't see any crazy behaviour.