Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: John_David_Galt
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00

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Shiva Nataraja wrote:

> On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 03:02:52 -0400, Edsel Chase
> <starswirler@geocities.com> wrote:

>> Many years ago i came up with an idea for transponder-
>> controlled traffic lights

> TRANSPONDER controlled? You mean I need a transponder in my car to
> make the light turn green for me?

That's what the transponder does, but at least around here, only
emergency vehicles and some city buses are allowed to have them.

The main idea of this gadget is to help emergency vehicles (both to get
through long lines at a signal, and to avoid being hit by idiots who have
the radio cranked up so loud they can't hear a siren 20 feet away!!!)
by changing the signal to green for that vehicle, for just 5-10 seconds.

>> -- at last watch, Atlanta
>> and some California cities are trying them out --

> Which CA cities? I want to know which places to avoid...

San Jose / Silicon Valley was one of the first places in the US to get
them, back in the 70s.

John David Galt

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Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/03
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