[avg_freeper]

Anyone who drives west out of Marietta Georgia would understand the temptation to use something like this.

There are many lights that are timed to stop the 40 thousand drivers going east-west to allow the four or five cars in cross traffic five minutes to crawl through the intersection. A sadist set the timing.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Heard this on the radio this morning. A ha ha ha ha.

[SF Republican]

I often wonder these days with so much technology, why stop lights cannot be better set-up to deal with the flow.

[dfwgator]

So what happens who two cars going perpendicular to each other hit their devices at the same time, do both lights go green?

[pepsionice]

The question here is this...how many guys across the US are using a device like this? I'd be betting 30,000. When it takes you 30 minutes to travel 8 miles...you start to think of short-cuts...and this gadget is the device to have.

[Dead Corpse]

I have a couple of those types of lights in my commute too. Still faster than taking I-35 through downtown Austin during afternoon rush hour.

[kingu]

"Your honor, I never touched that signal.."

[garyhope]

I don't understand why every traffic light in the US is not controlled by an inexpensive computer(heck, you could use old 386's or 486's, they're powerful enough to run an intersection) that if there are no cars coming from an opposing direction, the light would be green.

Same thing for excess stop signs. Change them to slow and yield or stop if other cars are present. Less stopping = less pollution, less fuel consumption and better for the precious "environment".

Also more free parking everywhere. Less cars moving = less pollution and fuel consumption.

[strange1]

Niccum was cited after city traffic engineers who noticed repeated traffic-light disruptions on certain intersections spotted a white Ford pickup passing by whenever the light patterns were disrupted.

seriously, these astute city employees happened to be at the intersection and happened to know the truck and happened to put it all together.

Of course nothing is more conspicous than a white Ford pickup truck in Colorado. /sarcasm

[js1138]

It would be great if all cars had these devices, and the lights had the smarts to prioritize them. As it is, many people wait unnecessarily while there is no opposing traffic.

The embedded dectors, more often than not, trigger a regular, full cycle, which may be unnecessary.

[garyhope]

And another thing,......

He should have a cell phone disruptor/jammer for use in restaurants, book stores, coffee shops and movie theaters.

And further more,....Lets do something about all those damn barking dogs.

[sionnsar]

There are many lights that are timed to stop the 40 thousand drivers going east-west to allow the four or five cars in cross traffic five minutes to crawl through the intersection. A sadist set the timing.

Obviously he was trained by Washington (state) D.O.T.

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[rundy]

A sadist set the timing.

No, Monkeys with random number generators set the timing, at least that is what happended here in Salt Lake City on Bangerter "Highway" an alternative North-South artery that feeds Salt Lake International Airport. These civil engineers obviously slept through their college careers.

rundy off.

[mysterio]

Stoplights in my area are timed to stop you at every one. I have no idea what the purpose of this is. There aren't cameras here yet, so it must be something with local business or something. Like if you get stopped, you might want to buy something I guess.

[dfwgator]

I like traffic lights,
I like traffic lights,
I like traffic lights,
I like traffic lights,
I like traffic lights,
But only when they're green.

[Teacher317]

received a $50 ticket on suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.

Nice that they no longer have to bother with proof, or anything like that. How long until this catches on in other areas of law?