An amusing video has emerged from China of people dressed up as traffic lights and actually directing traffic after the real signals broke.

The footage, captured on Tuesday in Hebei, shows the human signal box standing in the middle of a cross roads.

The two people then turn the box around, letting cars know when they can go and when they can't with green and red signals.

According to local media reports, the real traffic lights have been broken for a month, which has caused a large number of accidents.

As no one knows when the lights will be replaced, some youngsters made the box to help the traffic.

When signal lights broken, what shall we do to help with the traffic?

A hilarious video has emerged from China of people creating signal lights to help with traffic on the road.

The footage, captured on Tuesday in Hebei, shows a signal box standing in the middle of a cross road with two people inside. They turn the box round as the signal of red and green light to help with the traffic.

According to local media reports, the signal has broken for a month, which caused a lots of traffic accidents on this busy road. As still not repaired yet, some young people made the box to help with the traffic.