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MIT thinks it can create a world without traffic lights


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In addition to increasing safety on the road, self-driving cars might help us achieve something else: speed up daily commutes by removing the need for stoplights. Rather than having humans obey the red, yellow and green lights, a central "nervous system" connecting all intersections with incoming autonomous cars would be able to easily direct traffic without worrying about accidents.

 

It might sound like a futuristic dream that won’t be here for a few more years, but researchers from MIT have conceived a plan to eliminate all traffic lights without the need for self-driving cars.

 

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