Here’s a car to beat traffic lights

New Gadget Ensures You Always Reach An Intersection When The Light Is Green

London: Imagine driving to office without having to stop at traffic lights. Well, your imagination will soon turn into reality — thanks to a German auto-maker which has developed a new device called Travolution, which when fitted inside a car, ensures you can always arrive at a traffic light when it is green.
    In fact, the in-car gadget tells drivers how fast to go in order to sail through a junction by speaking to special transmitters fitted inside a traffic signal that can be up to 300 yards away, the Daily Mail reported.
    It arrives at the calculation after plotting the car's position and approach route, then displays the optimum speed on a screen.
    The system will benefit the environment by cutting exhaust emissions because fewer cars will be stationary at lights — and it'll improve fuel economy by ending stop-start inefficiency, according to its creator Audi.
    However, the company has claimed that the technology would not benefit the driver if the roads are too clogged.
    Travolution, which works on the Wireless Local Area Network technology, was initially developed by the Technical University of Munich in ventureship with traffic technology firm GEVAS. Professor Fritz Busch of the university said: "The new approaches to network-wide control of traffic lights, together with communication between traffic lights and intelligent cars exploits a potential for improving traffic flows that has previously gone untapped."
    Though initial tests have produced successful results, Audi has said that further tests are expected next year before it goes for massscale production of the gadget.
    Kate Dixon of Audi UK said that if a minimum of 10% of cars in any given town were fitted with the technology, all road users would notice an improvement in traffic levels. Dixon added: "Obviously, if the traffic is solid then Travolution won't assist you. But if the traffic is moving slowly then it will advise you what speed to maintain in order to avoid stopping". PTI

GOODBYE TO JAMS? By communicating with transmitters at traffic signals, the in-car gadget tells drivers how fast to drive to sail through a crossing