Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

Article View: misc.consumers

Article #8391

#8391

From: Bob Ward
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:00

21 lines
1778 bytes

<73115.1041@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:3Mz2NyCML2nYDnSfp9n1BHReXIjr@4ax.com...
> bell88@hotbot.com (Shiva Nataraja) 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?
>
> Actually, many cities use a strobe detector on the light for emergency
vehicle
> use. Put one on your car and you never see a red light...

Actually, you will... just look in your rear view mirror... they are only
legal for emergency vehicles.


>
> Don't recall the required flash rate though.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <o4YJ3.150$IX3.5287@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<7sp72a$jgs$1@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <37F5AE1B.7DDC@geocities.com> <37f6420e.8788763@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <3Mz2NyCML2nYDnSfp9n1BHReXIjr@4ax.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 107518,a40312b6223a4ae4
X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public
X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a40312b6223a4ae4
X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public
X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a40312b6223a4ae4
X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public
From: "Bob Ward" <rcward@gte.net>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/04
Message-ID: <o4YJ3.150$IX3.5287@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net>
X-Deja-AN: 532549051
Distribution: world
References: <7sp72a$jgs$1@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <37F5AE1B.7DDC@geocities.com> <37f6420e.8788763@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <3Mz2NyCML2nYDnSfp9n1BHReXIjr@4ax.com>
X-Priority: 3
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300
X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net
X-Trace: /Kp2lrfO8zUz7Q9XGcaJB6At7Y6CtTerdF3C9WB2p9f9OGl2gG+nHqLQ/TO0ce24SgdzM/WmMIOq!uXPlvv/kbAUK5mJ3uQnP78GH8RP0Ilhq1i5W3S/E7COC5Sk+7pPUEyvpb3Cka7snPQM=
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 06:47:48 GMT
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,rec.autos.driving,ca.driving

Reply to Parent Message