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>To further harness these benefits, they proposed the introduction of a fourth, “white” light to traffic signals. In this scenario, the “white” phase activates
by idiotsecant 3y ago
>To further harness these benefits, they proposed the introduction of a fourth, “white” light to traffic signals. In this scenario, the “white” phase activates whenever enough interconnected AVs approach an intersection. Once lit, the phase indicates nearby drivers should simply follow the car (AV or human) in front of them, instead of trying to anticipate something like a yellow light’s transition time to red.
This seems like it might actually end civilization.
- recursive 3y agoI don't understand the rule at all. Will the white signal show in all directions simultaneously? If so, how's it going to.. you know.. control traffic? If not, why not just replace it with green? What's the actual logic here?
- ghodith 3y agoI suppose because the car in front of you might possibly stop at the light.
- recursive 3y agoWhy would they do that? To avoid a crash? What's the light even doing then? I don't need lights to rely on other drivers' desire not to crash.
- bretpiatt 3y agoHere's human drivers navigating in a similar way in a large intersection in Addis Abada (Ethiopia), I envision white light basically enabling this: https://youtu.be/VPbUpdmAfck https://youtu.be/VPbUpdmAfck
- whycome 3y agoI'd love to see this in real-time rather than this sped up version. I suspect it's a little more reasonable to navigate when going slow enough.
- bombcar 3y agoEven at .25 play back speed it's still obviously way too fast in some cases. And yes, it looks kinda normalize when the people walking are walking, not running.
- antisthenes 3y agoWhy would you want to "enable" this? What is actually being enabled, and is it more efficient than a regular green-yellow-red intersection? If you watch on 1x, this seems like a horribly slow/inefficient intersection.
- amne 3y agothe alternative is 5km long traffic jams in all 4 directions waiting for 2-3 cars to pass each green phase.