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Originally Posted by bestclimb
why not just paint a line on the pavement. Before this line if the light turns yellow you wont make it. After this line you are golden.
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It's a good idea, but the traffic law is written in a way that makes it unnecessary. Traffic law says that a driver must come to a stop when the light turns yellow if it is safe to do so. Drivers have just the opposite mentality, instead trying to accelerate as long as they can get their whole car into the intersection by the time the light changes to red. Who knows if the line would cause drivers to choose to stop more often, or to accelerate.
Beyond the safety aspect, the tech outlined in the article says that a driver would know at what speed to drive to time the lights all green. This would save fuel and wear and tear on the vehicle.
I'm looking forward to the tech of the future. It will be very nice to one day have cars that drive themselves. It will free up the time that would otherwise be mostly unproductive, and make transportation safer and more convenient.