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Old 12-28-2011, 11:47 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kristen View Post
We've had traffic lights with radar detectors on them here for years. Time was when I approached some traffic lights at road works there was a 50:50 chance of hitting them at green. Now it seems as though 90% of the time they are Red ... progress! I expect that the workmen setting up the lights have no clue, or can't be bothered, to set the Radar detector bits correctly - or they are just plain useless.
Therein lies the problem with "smart" traffic lights. The "smarter" they are, that often means more to go wrong if they're not set up correctly (which is often the case).
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