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The death of the traffic light?
Friday 01 April 2016Had enough of sitting at lights that seem to have been programmed by a sadist? It would seem one group of boffins are prepared to wait no longer…
The combined brains of MIT, the Italian National Research council and the Swiss Institute of Technology have developed a conceptual traffic system (”Light Traffic”) for a driverless future in which cars pass through intersections unencumbered by signals.
The slot-based system relies on sensors which keep the cars at a safe distance from each other and which automatically predict speed on the approach to junctions. All of which ensures no collisions and efficient traffic flow at busy intersections.
Sources:
- Dezeen Magazine:
MIT researchers plan “death of the traffic light” with smart intersections.- MIT News:
When slower is faster.
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