Podcasts about traffic lights

There are some big questions asked in this episode. Do traffic lights actually turn green if you flash at them? Are they all secretly harbouring hidden cameras? And is there one giant control room that turns all the lights red? Today we're joined by Sam, who is a traffic light engineer, and is here to confirm or deny all the myths about them. We all experience traffic lights on a day to day basis... but how often are we actually sat on red? You're about to find out. ☀️Come and see us at Pub in the Park on 18th May (Marlow) or 1st June (London)! Get your ⁠⁠⁠tickets here⁠⁠⁠ ☀️ If you would like to be a guest on the show, ⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠ To get ad-free and longer episodes on Apple, hit the 'grow the show' button or ⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠ On Spotify you can subscribe for £1 a week by clicking ⁠⁠⁠this link⁠⁠⁠ To become an official sponsor, go to ⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/thingspeopledo⁠⁠⁠ To grow the show on socials, look for @thingspeoplepod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok If you'd like to enquire about commercial partnerships with our podcast, email Ryan Bailey ryanb@crowdnetwork.co.uk Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Ward 94 Councillor David Foley and Sipho Nhlapo, Acting Head of Mobility & Freight at the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) about the ongoing traffic light failures in Fourways. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Find all the catch-up podcasts here https://www.primediaplus.com/702/702-breakfast-with-bongani-bingwa/audio-podcasts/702-breakfast-with-bongani-bingwa/ Listen live - 702 Breakfast is broadcast weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) https://www.primediaplus.com/station/702 Subscribe to the 702 daily and weekly newsletters https://www.primediaplus.com/competitions/newsletter-subscription/  Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702   702 on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702  702 on Instagram: www.instagram.com/talkradio702  702 on X: www.x.com/Radio702  702 on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@radio702  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AP correspondent Marcela Sanchez reports on when power could be fully restored to the Iberian Peninsula.

Could some of the traffic woes in Jefferson Parish be improved with better coordination between traffic lights?

Clement Manyathela speaks to Dada Morero, the Executive Mayor of the City of Joburg as he clarifies his initial comments about the city prioritising fixing certain routes which will be used by G20 summit guests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clement Manyathela speaks to Zweli Nyathi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) about how the entity is preparing the city’s roads ahead of the G20 summiTags See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this exclusive podcast, we sit down with Sitaram Hachhethu, the chief of Lalitpur Metro Police (LMC Police Nepal), to discuss the challenges and responsibilities of law enforcement in Nepal. From managing VIP escorts Nepal, Nepal traffic management, and enforcing rules for street vendors in Lalitpur, Hachhethu shares his insights on maintaining order in a rapidly growing city. He also opens up about his experiences working under Chiri Babu Maharjan, his views on public service jobs in Nepal, and why all LMC police officers must learn Nepal Bhasa to better serve the community. We dive into important topics such as police work ethics Nepal, the importance of planning in life, and how a polite approach can change public perception of police. Hachhethu also addresses the safety at concerts Nepal, the daily struggles of Lalitpur traffic police, and the impact of viral trends Nepal on law enforcement. From daily briefings metro police to ensuring smooth city operations, this episode is packed with valuable insights.

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Thursday's “What's Buggin' You” segment for 2-13-25

Bongani Bingwa in conversation with Cllr Roberto Quintas, Mayoral Committee member for Urban Mobility in the City of Cape Town, discusses the current situation of traffic lights in Cape Town and how they work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa in conversation with Gauteng MEC for Road and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, on the challenge of traffic signals and street lights, the challenges of vandalism and theft, and what they would do to assist improve the challenges.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A new year and a new theme for Ipswich Today. First up in 2025 a look at some local news you may have missed including new traffic signals in Springfield Central and Karrabin, Redbank Plains Road stage 3 completed, multi-million-dollar upgrade to Cameron Park, two Ipswich churches tackle disadvantage and Ipswich Showgrounds presents Bull-O-Rama.Published: 9 January 2025.Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerBull-O-Rama tickets: https://ipswichshow.com.au/buy-spectator/bull-o-rama Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Inside Ipswich: https://ipswichtoday.com.au/inside-ipswich/Ipswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small donation.Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/donate/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

Is the embarrassment of making mistakes stopping you speaking? For senior managers as yourself, this can be a big block to overcome. You don't want to look like an idiot in front of your team, peers or bosses so how do you move forward whilst accepting that not everything will be perfect? In this episode I share a system for viewing corrections I use with my clients. I hope it provides a different perspective you can take into 2025 to help reduce your anxiety and boost your confidence. About Little Snippets: Confident Business English 5-minute and under episodes to keep your business English fresh over the festive period. Delivered in a more relaxed, storytelling format. Normal Confident Business English episodes schedule on 15th January 2025. Want full transcripts? CLICK HERE to become a free memberJoin our community of 9k+ professionals worldwide. What you get as a free member:Weekly newsletter with extra tips not on the podcastTranscripts for new episodesBonus clipsExtra worksheets and resources Say hello on LinkedIn @AnnaConnellyFollow me on Instagram @annabusinessenglish

Did you hear that traffic lights might soon have a fourth color?

Send a message directly to Lee ( Include your details )What does it take to transform from a stellar salesperson into a formidable director of sales? Mark Kentwell returns to share his decade-long evolution in crafting a business model that's not only self-sustaining but thrives beyond his personal sales achievements. Dive into the significance of creating a systemised, scalable, and saleable business, spotlighting agent gross commission income (AGCI) to reflect a team's contributions. Mark offers his expertise in handling high-value, intricate deals across regional Australia, an approach that has significantly fueled his company's success.Join us as we dissect the essential ingredients for developing sales leadership and systems, focusing on business leaders' strategic roles in performance management. From onboarding new recruits to maintaining a regular meeting cadence, we unpack how these elements ensure robust communication and swift responses to challenges. Mark emphasises the sales director's pivotal role in spearheading prospecting efforts and crafting marketing strategies to identify and nurture potential A players, creating opportunities for internal growth.Optimising sales performance exceeds chasing top-line revenue, mastering gross margin and predictability. I'd like you to please find out how structured systems like the Traffic Lights rank property listings to enhance efficiency. For a glimpse into the future, Mark introduces Nexr, a business operating system revolutionising real estate by offering innovative consulting services. We conclude by highlighting the power of team collaboration and our commitment to delivering even richer content by 2025, with Mark's ongoing insights promising to elevate our efforts even further.Hosted by Lee Woodward and brought to you by Lee Woodward Training Systems. Next Events. Purchase Lee's New Book - Claiming Doors. Lee Woodward Short Courses.

Let me paint you a picture. A picture of over-the-top traffic management. So you're heading up Riccarton Road in Christchurch, and you get to the traffic lights near Hanson's Lane where the Athol McCully garden shop used to be back in the day – just before the Woolworths supermarket. You get to that intersection and the lights are red. So you stop, of course. And then, when they change to green, you keep going up Riccarton Rd towards the church on the corner. And you get to that intersection where traffic coming from Sockburn and Main South Rd has to give way to you, if you're heading west and veering to the right to go up Yaldhurst Rd. At the moment, you can just cruise straight through because there's a Give Way sign controlling the drivers coming from Main South Road who want to turn right to get onto Riccarton Rd to, maybe, head all the way into town and head over to Ilam. But after a decision by the Christchurch City Council yesterday, instead of drivers heading westbound having the automatic right of way and being able to head up Yaldhurst Rd without stopping, they'll come to a set of traffic lights at that intersection. So, if you're heading west up Riccarton Rd, you'll stop at the lights at Hansen's Lane and then, potentially, have to stop again a little bit further up the road. If you're veering to the left to go down Main South Road there'll be no change, but if you're heading up Yaldhurst from Church Corner, there'll be another set of lights to deal with. Over the top. It's over the top because traffic at Church Corner is going to become way more congested than it is now. It's over the top because, even though the numbers say it's one of the most dangerous intersections in the city, does it mean that we need traffic flights at all the spots around town where muppets are just incapable of the simple requirement to give way? As someone who got in touch about this this morning said, roads in Christchurch seem to be designed to accommodate the 1% who probably shouldn't be behind the wheel in the first place. And that's what we're seeing here with this Church Corner decision. In some respects, I should be congratulating the council for finally making an actual decision on what to do at Church Corner, because it's been a debacle. The local community board met three times and couldn't reach agreement. They'd been mulling this one over for about a year. There were accusations of the board being dysfunctional – which I couldn't argue with because, from what was reported, it was very dysfunctional. In fact, the way that particular community board dealt with this Church Corner thing was a great advertisement for doing away with these boards altogether. So they met three times and it seemed to turn into a bunfight every time. So the community board members threw their hands in the air and said ‘let's get the council to decide'. And the council, being the council, did the old consultation thing. Then, the council, being the council, threw the idea of traffic lights into the mix. And, because that hadn't been an option in the first round of consultation, the council, being the council, did another round asking people what they thought. 42% of people said they wanted the current right hand turn from Main South Road onto Riccarton Road gone, and a pedestrian crossing put in. 59% of people said they wanted traffic lights and some form of pedestrian crossing. 9% said they didn't have a preference – why you would actively take part in a consultation process and not state a preference, I'll never know. If I'd put a submission in, I wouldn't have voted for any of the options put forward by the council. Instead, I would have told them they'd forgotten about Option D - which was to do nothing. Because that's what I honestly think. If you're going to put-in traffic lights just because a few people can't be bothered giving way, then you may as well put them everywhere. And turning Church Corner into more of a traffic shambles isn't the answer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest episode of This Could Be a Podcast, Nathan and Bobby discuss Christmas Vacation, Traffic Lights and Kirk Cameron's Net Worth. 

Green is universally seen as the color for “go”, but why? What is the science behind green being such a universal “go” color? Why do traffic lights around the world use green? And why do other colors, such as red and yellow, mean certain things to humans? What's so special about these colors? In this … Continue reading "Episode 194: Why Green Means Go – The Science of Traffic Lights"

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Tuesday “What's Buggin' You” segment for 11-12-24

The Jay Thomas Show from Monday October 28th, 2024.  Guests include Dave Suppes of the Fargodome Authority on Measure 1 and more.

The Friday "What's Buggin' You" call-in segment for 10-18-24

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Dutch government to physically replace tens of thousands of hackable traffic lights

OSHA is cracking down on a company that thumbed its nose at hours-of-service rules – and it's going to cost the company a substantial fine. Also, a Texas program that is designed to turn traffic lights green for trucks in city traffic is expanding to new parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Then, how do attorneys handle the situation when a client could be numerous states away from the court? Jeff McConnell and James Mennella of Road Law explain. And finally, Texas is making a huge investment in transportation, with roads getting a big chunk of the funding. 0:00 – OSHA hits carrier hard on hours-of-service violations  10:07 – Program designed to turn stoplights green for truckers 25:00 – What to do when the trucker is far from the court 40:06 – State makes big investments in transportation         

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Anton was joined by Ger Herbert, Motoring Editor and Columnist with the Sunday Independent, to discuss the new changes being made to Dublin's traffic lights to better accommodate cyclists. As cycling becomes more popular in the city, these tweaks aim to improve safety and efficiency on the roads for all users.

In episode 269, we get curious about traffic lights for Parker and Alex from Arizona.  We learn about the history of traffic lights, why traffic lights are so important, and how we selected green, yellow, and red to be the traffic light colors.  Noah also joins us to share five unbelievable facts about traffic lights you need to Noah. Episode Topic Suggestion Form - https://forms.office.com/r/USsGWVfheH Visit the Curious Kid Podcast Website – http://www.curiouskidpodcast.com Send Us An E-mail – curiouskidpodcast@gmail.com Leave Us A Voicemail – 856-425-2324 Support Us On Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/Curiouskidpodcast Shop Curious Kid Podcast Merchandise – http://tee.pub/lic/fqXchg3wUVU Follow Us On Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/curiouskidpod/ Follow Us On Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/curiouskidpodcast/ Follow Us On Twitter – https://twitter.com/CuriousKidPod Visit Us On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5d6HaNz_UYOaS7YuYayVwg

We may live under Grace, but that doesn't mean the law is unimportant!

A Kent mum and her two young sons have to sleep in their living room because rats have infested the upstairs bedrooms and loft.Ebonie Evans has told the KentOnline Podcast how the vermin have “destroyed everything” at the house near Folkestone, including her £200 trainers.Also in today's podcast, drivers say they're facing "absolute mayhem" at a controversial new junction as traffic lights have failed four times in as many months.Contractors spent more than a year ripping out a roundabout in Ashford and replacing it – but angry motorists say it is “lucky nobody has been killed”. An amphibian and reptile club has hit back at claims made by a welfare charity that it does not look after its animals correctly at its exhibitions.The Amphibian and Reptile Club, which holds meet-ups in venues across Kent, is refuting allegations including animals are kept and sold in plastic takeaway tubs and refused water. It's been called the “end of an era” – a family-run Kent company has closed after almost 50 years. The bus business has been transporting residents and pupils across the county since it was founded in the mid-1970s.And you can hear from the Gillingham manager ahead of their Carabao Cup clash later. Swansea away in the first round wasn't a draw many fans will have welcomed but Mark Bonner says he's picked a team to give it their best shot.

Chuck Heinz and Jamie Lent talk about playing players in College Sports, traffic lights, the Olympics, a three game winning streak for Tech Football, and Dak Prescott comments about contracts.

A researcher warns that traffic management systems may be vulnerable to cyber attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ret. Marine Terry Slatic fills in for Philip Teresi  Hamtramck, Michigan City Council votes to boycott Israel - AI is learning from what you said on Reddit, Stack Overflow or Facebook. Are you OK with that? - Jonathan Isaac, who famously stood for national anthem in 2020 bubble, agrees to new deal with Magic - Thieves Kept Stealing the Traffic Lights, So Authorities Decided to Remove Them Altogether    KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson   Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ   Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X   Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com   Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ret. Marine Terry Slatic fills in for Philip Teresi  Hamtramck, Michigan City Council votes to boycott Israel - AI is learning from what you said on Reddit, Stack Overflow or Facebook. Are you OK with that? - Jonathan Isaac, who famously stood for national anthem in 2020 bubble, agrees to new deal with Magic - Thieves Kept Stealing the Traffic Lights, So Authorities Decided to Remove Them Altogether    KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson   Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ   Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X   Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com   Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Nashville grows rapidly, the congestion on our roadways keeps getting worse. Experts say much of our problem is related to lack of public transportation. And while that is a factor, our constant construction isn't helping. I've discussed this before, but I think our traffic lights are also part of the problem. I often find myself waiting at a red light with no vehicles coming from the cross street. And during rush hour, the cars can get stacked up more than ten deep. I don't know how much adjustment they can make to our traffic lights, but anything is an improvement... Click Here To Subscribe Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicGoogle PodcastsTuneIniHeartRadioPandoraDeezerBlubrryBullhornCastBoxCastrofyyd.deGaanaiVooxListen NotesmyTuner RadioOvercastOwlTailPlayer.fmPocketCastsPodbayPodbeanPodcast AddictPodcast IndexPodcast RepublicPodchaserPodfanPodtailRadio PublicRadio.comReason.fmRSSRadioVurblWe.foYandex jQuery(document).ready(function($) { 'use strict'; $('#podcast-subscribe-button-13292 .podcast-subscribe-button.modal-66731c7def499').on("click", function() { $("#secondline-psb-subs-modal.modal-66731c7def499.modal.secondline-modal-66731c7def499").modal({ fadeDuration: 250, closeText: '', }); return false; }); });

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Dr. Joseph Schwieterman, a professor at DePaul University’s School of Public Service, joins Lisa Dent to discuss why deadly traffic crashes have increased in Illinois last year and whether adding more traffic signals would solve the problem. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka

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In winter, LED traffic lights can sometimes get coated with snow. Is there a way to prevent that so drivers can still see if the light is green or red? Yes, thanks to Coloradan and transportation signal electrician Chris Bichon and his invention called the Snow Proof Signal. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7Traffic or www.facebook.com/JaysonLuberTrafficGuy  WhatsApp: https://wa.me/17204028248 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denver7traffic   Snow Proof Signals: https://snowproofsignals.com/   Production Notes: Open music: jazzyfrenchy by Bensound Close music: Latché Swing by Hungaria

American streets killed more than 7500 pedestrians in 2023, a 40-year high and climbing every year. Why? City planner and walkable cities advocate Jeff Speck joins us to explain that street design is largely to blame and how modest changes could be made to increase safety, as has been done in European cities with dramatic results. Jeff uses traffic studies to show how urban planning can affect driver speed, traffic congestion, safety, and walkability—all of which can improve and restore our sense of community in the places we live. With wonderful examples of the many cities where Jeff has completed projects, this episode will get you thinking about your neighborhood and what changes you would like to see, be it more trees, pleasanter streets, or simply fewer deaths. Also, we have a new website! Check us out at https://booksshowstunes.discreetguide.com/Jeff Speck's website:https://www.speckdempsey.com/Jeff's book, Walkable City (be sure to get the Tenth Anniversary edition)https://www.amazon.com/Walkable-City-Tenth-Anniversary-Downtown/dp/1250857988The movie that Jeff mentions, The Street Projecthttps://www.amazon.com/Street-Project-Maya-Aoki-Tuttle/dp/B0B6VW7MQ3The Strong Towns Movement:https://www.strongtowns.org/The Releaf Cedar Rapids Project:https://www.cedar-rapids.org/residents/parks_and_recreation/releaf_cedar_rapids_.phpThoughts? Comments? Potshots? Contact the show at:https://booksshowstunes.discreetguide.com/contact/Sponsored by Discreet Guide Training:https://training.discreetguide.com/Follow or like us on podomatic.com (it raises our visibility :)https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-actsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/discreetguide

Two nerds bullshitting about using the guts of a Tesla to make traffic lights figure out when to get green.

Pablos: Here's the dumbest thing in the world. You pull up to an intersection, the light is red, there's no one else in sight and you have to sit there and wait for it to turn green. Traffic lights are the dumbest thing in the world. And this is insufferable because right now, if you, if you're in a Tesla, the Tesla knows, Oh, no one's coming from any other direction. It would totally be safe to go, but you can't because the light is red. I think what somebody needs to do is rip the guts out of a Tesla, mount them in a traffic light and let the traffic light decide when it should be green or red. How hard is this? This is easy to do. it's going to take years to upgrade traffic lights, but that's at least one startup. Somebody should be able to do that. We have all the tech, it's not that hard. We can use vision or radars or whatever. Ash: You're not gonna believe me. So, funny enough, uh, Columbus, Ohio. Project, Pre- Razorfish, Traffic Lights. Pablos: Wait, that's a real, that's a real project? Ash: It's a real thing! It's a real Pablos: Wait, so somebody did this in Columbus? Ash: No, us! Pablos: Oh, you did this? Ash: is what we were doing! Pablos: Wait, Ash: You couldn't have possibly known that! Pablos: No, I didn't. No, seriously, you, you, you worked on a project like this. I didn't know. Ash: I mean, yeah, so, yeah, so what was interesting is that project was, so I keep hired to figure out traffic light optimization and it's, you know, it's really, really fucking complicated. Like there's a lot of math to, to make sure that, you know, you know, like that. To get people going in one direction and all that stuff and, that problem was being solved. And one of them was, do you start going flashy? Back then they didn't have the little Tesla thing. Right. Pablos: What year was this? Ash: Do you start flashing? It's gotta be like 1995, 1996. How do you, how do you optimize the sequence of lights so that, the traffic keeps flowing? What do you do with intercepts? And then Palle, this is even, this is even better. So Palle Peterson, like my partner, Palle's dad was a crazy, mad genius inventor, he was in the Western part of, of Denmark. He wasn't even in like regular Denmark. There's like an Island that they kept him on. He had convinced them that when ambulances go, that they could start to change the lights faster, like emergency services. Of course he had the hack, but so you would just click the lights to green. Pablos: Cause he had one of those transmitters that the ambulances have? Ash: First he invented it. Pablos: Yeah, I had, the MERT. Oh, that thing. I bought one of those and put it in my car, where I was in Seattle at the time, it only worked on the emergency corridors, only on certain roads where they had, where the ambulances knew, and I didn't know were set up for that. It's like an infrared transmitter you put in your car and it sends infrared signal to like a TV remote to the, traffic light and they change. I could smoke it around town on certain streets. So you're saying this guy invented the thing? Ash: Yeah, he invented, whatever the original one. I remember Palle telling me stories like, "dad had designed this thing" and then he convince them that they should all use it and then of course, like, " I have back door." So Columbus, the biggest problem they had was, they just had traffic lights, like each section was on its own. It didn't live in like a, a grid or it didn't have any understanding. So the ripple effects were just fucking out of control. For example, you could have a place where you're sitting there with a red light and then there's no one around you.. then you could have another place where, because it was doing its own thing, you could just be in stop and go, it would just create its own eddies of, of hell. Pablos: Yeah, it feels like that still exists. Ash: It does because what the problem is, is that no one is running enough, you know, computational fluid dynamics, I mean, that's the problem. Pablos: You'd do a simulation now. Ash: You would, and that's, and, and, and the horsepower gets better now, right? We have more flops to like mess around with this stuff. But the problem is that we, we still haven't figured out how to do your thing, which is now what happens when you build the emergency corridor. What happens if you're like, all right, so the Tesla says no one's coming from any side, but. You go through. Are you like a leaky pipe? Go back to like traffic theory, and pipe theory. One of the things that you have is that when you got a pipe, everyone thinks that, let's, let's call it. , the 405, let's call the pipe, 405. What's the best way to set up the 405, in terms of traffic, is it better to have six lanes, or is it better to have two sets of three lanes and a shoulder or two shoulders and it turns out, that the eddies are the problem. So,, we get these lame attempts of traffic light, traffic flow regulator, right? We have to go into the. Highway. So I was just thinking that when you, when you started talking about traffic lights, I was thinking problem is in theory, it sounds amazing, but the problem is when you're inside a mesh. Pablos: So you need active feedback loops into whatever the thing is that's running the simulations, right? Because you need to say, "okay, this guy wants to change the light to green because there's no traffic around. We can give him 30 seconds to do that and then go back without messing up the synchronization." Or, all this could get a lot more sophisticated. Ash: No, exactly. But I think that's the key. Right. So I think it's more like, can you get a brain that's dynamic, and right now the brain is not. Pablos: I presume there's not much of a brain and it's not a very advanced area, Ash: It's a non dynamic brain. Pablos: One cloud SaaS company could be making the brain for traffic and sell it to every city. Another company could be making the, Tesla traffic light that just knows how to see if there's any cars around. Ash: That's security problem, Pablos: Why is that? Oh, if it's centralized, you mean? Ash: There's a quote from a person that let's just say I met. An agency called RAW. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing) RAW is fantastic. That said, yeah, what happens when 2 minutes before an invasion, all lights go red? An invasion or attack or whatever, all lights go red. Pablos: I don't know, This is one of these old People have been saying, what if hackers shut down the traffic lights for, decades, and the only time it ever happened meaningfully was in the fucking movies. So, I, I don't buy it. If all the lights go red, then people just start going the way they do in Southeast asia. Ash: Then, and suddenly we're like in Beirut. Pablos: I kind of think that's how they should do it anyway. I was driving in Riyadh a couple of weeks ago, in Riyadh, the lines are painted, but they're irrelevant. Yeah. It's a free for all. And what I realized is that it's actually kind of better because, in the U. S. everybody's been coddled. They got lanes for this and that, they got the turbo or not turbo lane, I wish. They have a handicap lane and HOV lane and, bus lane, all these different lanes. And then, you got to be a lawyer to read the parking signs. So everyone's being coddled all the time. You could probably drive with your eyes closed in a lot of American cities because, everybody's following the rules. But if someone goes out of bounds, then they're going to cause a real problem. If you're in Riyadh, everybody's driving at maximum speed all the time. There are no lanes. People are swerving all the time. You got to be on the ball. You couldn't hit somebody if you were trying. If you literally tried to hit somebody with your car, they would evade you because they're all doing evasive driving all the time. Ash: It's, it's all, it's all offensive driving. Pablos: It's all offensive. I'd like to, I'd like to see the numbers. I don't know if we have good data on safety. It's Ash: interesting. So we were in Vietnam, and you go to Vietnam and it's a sea of random mopeds. Sometimes, you have the one person in the moped, the best is when you have at least five, right? The whole family. On the moped, you have mother, father, two kids. Then the baby kind of like strapped on like a, koala bear something. That's, that's when, you know, it's, it's, it's getting crazy. And what they were saying, it's like, yeah, "you're not going to get hit. Walk across the road." I was like, "what do you mean?" "Just walk across the road." And it's like, it's like you walk across. They said "we operate in a stream." They flow around you. Pablos: Nobody wants to hit you either. Ash: Yeah, but it is also a bit slow motion.. So there is a little bit more like speed. Pablos: A few days ago, I was in Shenzhen. They have, an absurd number of electric scooters. Because they've outlawed gas scooters. So everything is electric scooters. You ride them on the sidewalk. So it feels a little sketchy because there's a lot of fast moving electric scooters and not, they're not like little Bird scooters. They look like, Honda scooters or something. They're big, but the whole town, it's kind of clean and quiet in that sense. Overall they still have work to do, but the scooters are mellow. It's all quiet. It's, it's busy. There's a lot of people, but it's not noisy because today, now I'm in Bangkok and in Bangkok it's, they got all the gas scooters that China was getting rid of. And so they're just going full tilt on these, gas scooters with no muffler, no, no catalytic converter, nothing. And it's just noisy as hell. It's crazy. And I don't know. I kind of like it. I like the entropy. Ash: I do have to say that I, if you look at it, Vietnam felt the safest. Specifically Ho Chi Minh Saigon, it was the safest of the crazy, So that, that, that felt good. I mean, Beirut was just a whole different story. Like Beirut, it definitely, and I think it was my CTO who at the time was driving me around and I was like, yeah, I'm pretty sure Antoine, this is the oncoming traffic. He goes, "yeah, that's why there's no one going the same way as us." Like, "because they're coming at us," it was like, his logic was flawless. Right. So at that moment, I was sort of like, it's true. We don't have anyone going the same way as us. Cause we're in the fucking oncoming traffic lane. He had made the fourth lane, which was go at, like, it worked, so I don't know what to say. Yeah, I mean, they went, they went beyond lanes, the lanes were just like like you said, they're, they're paint on the road there. All right. So that was traffic lights for, for the last 30 minutes. Pablos: Obviously traffic lights aren't going to work there. Okay. I have another idea, which is related. So, the fleet of deployed Teslas is massive, like in most U. S. cities anyway, maybe other places. And Teslas are driving around all the time. And they could probably figure out, like within some window of accuracy, where all the open parking spots are. Like they're probably not looking for it now, but Teslas are just driving around. They see where the open parking spots are. And so if they were trying. They could just aggregate that data and tell you like, "Oh, you're looking for a parking spot. Here's the nearest one because a Tesla drove by it 12 seconds ago." You see what I mean? Ash: Interesting. Pablos: That'd be a superpower for teslas. Ash: That's, that's, that's, that would be great. I mean, that's like, that's like Spot Hero on crack. Pablos: Yeah. Who wouldn't buy that car? Oh, you could buy a Kia. Or if you get a Tesla, it'll tell you where the fucking parking spot is at. Ash: Yeah. So it'll tell you the next, the next location. I like that. The thing that you have to figure out is how do you save it? Pablos: Well, You wouldn't know for sure. The things could sense in any spot they have a sight line to that could see is it is it empty? Is it staying empty? Is somebody pulling into it? You could maybe make statistical probabilities for different streets. Stuff like that. Ash: It definitely helps when you're doing the parking lot, shuffling, just going around and around and around. And then, you just hope that, that someone pulls out right. What a Tesla could do is could wait for the next Tesla. Pablos: Mm hmm. Oh, yeah. There you go. Now we're talking. There you go. Tesla baton. They're doing that, with their, charging stations anyway. Tesla drivers are playing a video game where they're like, You know, waiting for a, for a charging supercharger spot so you could, you could do that. And then there's, yeah, I like that one. I think it would be useful though, even if you just, you know, it knows where you're trying to drive to and it could figure out like, okay, you're going to have a real parking problem in that area. Street parking is a lost cause. Ash: But if there are four Teslas there. Pablos: It's hard for a Tesla to know when somebody's going to leave. Ash: It does, because the preconditions 10, 15 minutes, see, like, if you set departure time on your Tesla, because you were preconditioning or Pablos: Oh, why Would you do that? My car doesn't know when I'm going to leave. I guess you could. You could gamify it. This guy's got a meeting. At 3 o'clock, so he's gonna have to leave by 2. 45, so probably there's gonna be an empty spot here. I don't know, maybe. Might be possible. Ash: I don't know that you're going to synchronize with the calendar, but I mean, that could be kind of cool, but I'm just saying that there's definitely precondition, which, which you're supposed to do. So if you're plugged in at home, right. Or, but like any of these chargers, there's like a precondition so that your car is warmer and like ready and like all that crap, right? Like they've been doing that for some time. Pablos: Oh, I see, oh, I see what you mean, right. I get it. I get it. So, so I don't drive a Tesla, but what, but precondition you're saying is like, I'm going to go. So warm up the car or cool off the car. Ash: So fancy cars do that, but also when the electric cars came in, the batteries have to have like been revved or whatever. Pablos: There's a thermal window Ash: Or, or set them up. Pablos: I see. Ash: You got it. Right. So that's why they want to know when you're leaving. That way you're not, you're not cold driving your, your Tesla. Pablos: Yeah. Ash: So that means they know, right? So if you want maximum range, they've got to like do that little thermal thing inside to get the battery, like not, minus five or whatever the hell it is outside. So, so they already know. So in cold places, this would work well. Pablos: Intriguing. Okay, so there's another idea, at least for Tesla if not a startup.

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