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Traffic patterns. Ahh, just kidding. No really, traffic software. The world is tied up in traffic. Mainly stop lights are are archaic and need such a large i
by spoiledtechie 11y ago
Traffic patterns. Ahh, just kidding. No really, traffic software. The world is tied up in traffic. Mainly stop lights are are archaic and need such a large improvement with how it detects traffic and stand stills.
Have you ever sat at a light and wondered why it was still red when no cars were coming in any direction?
This software is lousy, it should have object recognition, sensor tech, but the basic idea of traffic lights haven't been updated in decades.
You want to save time, money and a big sale to the rest of the world? Fix traffic lights.
- jgord 11y agoBut isn't this largely a social / psychological problem - I assume around 70% of people who commute spend 70% of their time in front of a computer.. so could work from home 3 days per week, if it was socially acceptable to do that. We've solved things like this before [ daylight saving is a useful group hallucination ] so working from home 3 days per week, or say working a 2hr offset shift could be packaged in a socially digestible form.
- thoralfskolem 11y agoOne thought, the only simulation that prevented all other traffic lights or subsequent streets from bogging down in traffic, was to ensure at that particular time, no cars advanced at a certain speed. Your wait may be a locally suboptimal outcome to ensure everyone else has a globally less miserable existence. So as another participant in the system, thank you for sacrificing a little so that we can be better overall. A little food for thought, while driving in another country with less adherence to the laws, the operating custom seemed to be stop if it is red OR if safe, go. Ironically, this prevailing attitude resulted in fewer accidents as people drove more cautiously.