[metroschultz]

Schultz here, I lived in Europe for four years, Bremen, W. Germ., and they already were using a form of light timers. It is (was?) illegal to idle your "auto" for more than twenty seconds at a time. If you were coming to a green light , The light would flash for five seconds before going to red. That gave you (the driver, the one on the pedal, the one presumably with the intelligence to make a decision) time to choose your course of action. Speed up? Slow down? Your choice. If you chose to stop, the government expected you to turn your engine off. When the red was ten seconds from ending the light would begin flashing again so you could start your car. And they inspected your car for emissions as well as safety, during the inspection they also tested your ability to start easily. All was covered by G. regulations. I am sure a similar program would work here. It will all fall into place when fuel is > $5 a gallon. S.