Self-driving cars may one day be able to see a fourth color on traffic lights.
Experts are now talking about adding a fourth color to traffic signals. This may come as a surprise to you, but it's not just for humans. In a world where some drivers can't remember the colors of every single traffic light, it's not just for humans.
Researchers at North Carolina State University came up with the new color, white, as a way to make it easier for human drivers to tell when self-driving cars are using a traffic intersection and, on the other hand, to make it easier for self-driving cars to get through these intersections.
He also said that the white phase idea for a new traffic signal tells human drivers what they need to do. "Stop signs are still shown by red lights. The orange lights will still mean "exit." Also, white signals tell people driving cars to just keep following the car in front of them."
Let the robots take care of it.
All of this suggests that in the future, a white light on a traffic signal will mean that one or more AVs are present, and that these AVs will be in charge of managing traffic by coordinating how vehicles move and talking to each other.
People driving their own cars would only have to pay attention to the white light and follow the driverless car in front of them. They wouldn't have to worry about when to stop, slow down, or let another car pass.
People would basically just go with the flow and let the machines do all the thinking.
A computer simulation of this idea showed that the white phase could speed up traffic by tiny amounts, which could add up to something bigger over time. We don't know how well this would work in real life, though.
When 10% to 30% of all vehicles at a junction were self-driving cars, these small improvements were seen. Even better, traffic delays got a lot shorter as the number of self-driving cars went up.
Even though it will be hard to do, it will be worth it.
The team did admit, though, that while a system like this could potentially improve traffic flow at stops and intersections by a huge amount, it might be harder to put into place because drivers might not want to learn a new system.
On the other hand, the team is eager to move forward with experimental tests to see how a system like this could be introduced gradually, so that human drivers don't have to deal with too many changes while they get used to them.
Hajbabaie says that some parts of the white phase idea could be used with only minor changes to intersections and existing AVs. "We also think there are places where this strategy could be tried out."
"For example, there is a lot of business traffic in ports, which makes traffic flow very important. Since it seems like commercial vehicles are more likely to use self-driving cars, there may be a chance to run a pilot project there that would help with port traffic and commercial transportation."
Even though the idea is still in its early stages, it seems likely that, in the long run, a change like this to the way traffic works will be necessary, not just interesting.
Knowing how annoying it can be when people do things like run red lights or speed up too slowly when the light turns green, I'd be happy to learn a new system if it meant a lot less traffic jams and delays.
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Experts are now talking about adding a fourth color to traffic signals. This may come as a surprise to you, but it's not just for humans. In a world where some drivers can't remember the colors of every single traffic light, it's not just for humans.
Researchers at North Carolina State University came up with the new color, white, as a way to make it easier for human drivers to tell when self-driving cars are using a traffic intersection and, on the other hand, to make it easier for self-driving cars to get through these intersections.
He also said that the white phase idea for a new traffic signal tells human drivers what they need to do. "Stop signs are still shown by red lights. The orange lights will still mean "exit." Also, white signals tell people driving cars to just keep following the car in front of them."
Let the robots take care of it.
All of this suggests that in the future, a white light on a traffic signal will mean that one or more AVs are present, and that these AVs will be in charge of managing traffic by coordinating how vehicles move and talking to each other.
People driving their own cars would only have to pay attention to the white light and follow the driverless car in front of them. They wouldn't have to worry about when to stop, slow down, or let another car pass.
People would basically just go with the flow and let the machines do all the thinking.
A computer simulation of this idea showed that the white phase could speed up traffic by tiny amounts, which could add up to something bigger over time. We don't know how well this would work in real life, though.
When 10% to 30% of all vehicles at a junction were self-driving cars, these small improvements were seen. Even better, traffic delays got a lot shorter as the number of self-driving cars went up.
Even though it will be hard to do, it will be worth it.
The team did admit, though, that while a system like this could potentially improve traffic flow at stops and intersections by a huge amount, it might be harder to put into place because drivers might not want to learn a new system.
On the other hand, the team is eager to move forward with experimental tests to see how a system like this could be introduced gradually, so that human drivers don't have to deal with too many changes while they get used to them.
Hajbabaie says that some parts of the white phase idea could be used with only minor changes to intersections and existing AVs. "We also think there are places where this strategy could be tried out."
"For example, there is a lot of business traffic in ports, which makes traffic flow very important. Since it seems like commercial vehicles are more likely to use self-driving cars, there may be a chance to run a pilot project there that would help with port traffic and commercial transportation."
Even though the idea is still in its early stages, it seems likely that, in the long run, a change like this to the way traffic works will be necessary, not just interesting.
Knowing how annoying it can be when people do things like run red lights or speed up too slowly when the light turns green, I'd be happy to learn a new system if it meant a lot less traffic jams and delays.
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https://hpmanual.net/
https://www.inschord.com/
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