Thanks for the info! I also think the ballast is bad, it was leaking and I (wearing gloves) scraped off the inside of the fixtures where all the wiring is held.  I’m retrofitting it with non-shunted tombstones and one sided LEDs. 

Learning now that the black stuff are PCBs…

Fortunately, this don't happening here in Israel, but the Israeli driver uses to honk when someone blocking them.

So it turns out the particular new one that I was think of didn't have the sticker, but this MDCL did!
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0549466,-118.2105268,3a,15y,48.64h,131.77t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sjzhNE_bUAJjlQ32Yvpu-DQ!2e0!5s20150801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-41.76769592716445%26panoid%3DjzhNE_bUAJjlQ32Yvpu-DQ%26yaw%3D48.639766471907016!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Here's the newest MSCL that I found.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0545323,-118.2119365,3a,15y,243.86h,157.84t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sOD14BsA3sDz773q09lgNyg!2e0!5s20140901T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-67.84226376620316%26panoid%3DOD14BsA3sDz773q09lgNyg%26yaw%3D243.85835517060727!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Also, what do you make of this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0549036,-118.2110223,3a,15y,350.96h,166.52t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s9_zk0tfIQmiYVdr7AQZYlw!2e0!5s20140901T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-76.51729394656229%26panoid%3D9_zk0tfIQmiYVdr7AQZYlw%26yaw%3D350.96027877375127!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Did CalTrans put those stickers on the M-400s and 125s as well? The only lights that I know of that had those stickers were the M-400As and 325s. But if a light has one of stickers then yes it is a CalTrans installation. Can you post a link to the sticker MV GE?

Perhaps, you know the white stickers next to the nema tags on the later Caltrans MSCLs? The newest MV installation that I saw there featured one of them. That makes me think that it was a Caltrans installation, though I could be completely wrong.

It’s possible a contractor wanted the new lights to match when replaced and had old stock. Or they could’ve been obtained by a contractor from LADWP who actually installed new series MVs (both GE and AEL) as spot replacements right until the MV ban. And had those sitting around and removed the series ballasts. Just my thoughts.

That does make sense yea

But why is this happening everywhere it seams (everywhere I look there seam to be a law about banning traditional things (and if not now, its in the back of some politicians minds) (lightbulbs, ice cars, etc)

We dont have united eart, and I hope we never do, cuz imagine one political party telling u what to do and you dont have anywhere to run away to

Although, with some things (lightbulbs, ice cars) we already seam to be heading in that direction

Oh yeah, I can see that. I still don't understand why there were NEW MV MSCL luminaires installed into the early 2010s.

I also suspect Caltrans had/has wanted to widen or reconfigure sections of freeway leading to downtown Los Angeles for decades, so lighting upgrades and rewiring were potentially deferred on segments that were considered for improvements. It wouldn’t be cost effective installing new lights just to take them out and replace the them during a construction project, if that makes sense.

Freeway improvements are almost impossible or take several years in that area, as the traffic impacts and land constraints make it difficult.

Huh, that's interesting that they ran remote ballasts. I can imagine that it would mess up the optics of a M-1000 sticking a 400w lamp inside!

That exact picture is actually what reminded me of the MV lights!