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In article <MPG.1259f3f892acf3f8989c1f@news.usit.net>,
  robin_@SoftHome.net (Robin) wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:52:31 -0700, Jake wrote...
> > Has anyone heard of the new traffic lights that turn red if you
break the
> > speed limit between lights and remain green if you follow the speed
limit?
> > What do you think?

> You mean the ones on timers?  Yeah, that's some new technology!

Actually they may be much more sophisticated than just "timers".
Several years ago my hometown installed a computer system to control
signals on two main routes out of town.  This system help reduce
congestion in the business parks and the routes to the freeways.

The program the system runs during commute hours is different than the
one running at, say, 1:00 AM.  The signals at individual intersections
are more independent during off peak hours, but the computer is still
monitoring the traffic at all times.  If you cross the sensors in one
intersection at 10 MPH over the limit, it will turn the next
intersection red on you.  Keeps you from being able to blow through town
in the middle of the night - but if you stay at the limit, you will
likley get all green lights.

These systems are beinging installed in more an more areas.  It was
pretty new and quite expensive when our city first put it in.  It was
funded by the business park developers.


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