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I've heard some Spanish traffic lights are quite "smart" for traffic control (these are mainly on highways rather than junctions/pedestrian crossings) where if
by kfullert 14y ago
I've heard some Spanish traffic lights are quite "smart" for traffic control (these are mainly on highways rather than junctions/pedestrian crossings) where if you travel at or below the speed limit, the lights are green, speed and they go red thereby giving a positive association for not speeding (ie if you don't speed, you and everyone else travelling the same stretch probably get there faster - make everyone stop as you're speeding and most likely people won't be happy)
- toemetoch 14y agoThey have them in a lot of European countries, we call it "the green wave". There's also another trend on the rise: cameras that take photographs of license plates at an interval of several miles. If the calculated speed (the average) is larger than what's permitted you get a ticket.
- kfullert 14y agoYes, we have those in the UK called SPECS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_%28speed_camera%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_%28speed_camera%29) although these are generally (only in my experience) used temporarily in roadworks etc. which have a temporary lower speed limit. I believe France did this the low-tech way in the past with toll roads (get a ticket with the time when you enter a toll road, pass it to the booth when you get off, S=D/T and caclulate if you have a speeding fine to pay as well)