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Driverless cars to evolve traffic lights, white signal could be added | Researchers propose adding a fourth light, possibly white, to signal when there are sufficient autonomous vehicles on the road to guide traffic.
Researchers propose adding a fourth light, possibly white, to signal when there are sufficient autonomous vehicles on the road to guide traffic.
Henry Liu, a civil engineering professor at the University of Michigan and lead researcher, suggests that the implementation of a new traffic signal system might be closer than expected, AP reports. In a pilot program conducted in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, they utilized speed and location data from General Motors vehicles to adjust the timing of traffic lights. Danielle Deneau, traffic safety director at the Road Commission in Oakland County, Michigan, mentioned that even slight adjustments to green light timings in Birmingham reduced congestion.
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