traffic
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Traffic In New Jersey Stops For UFO Sighting, Which Was Actually The Goodyear Blimp
When so many of us this year are asking daily “oh god, what now?” some residents of the Garden State looked up to the sky in hope and thought they saw the answer: a UFO. Unfortunately, this was no free ride off our doomed rock. It seemed to be hovering right around MetLife Stadium on…
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Roads Emptied By Coronavirus Are Bringing Out The American Speed Demons
Most of the U.S. is still shut down and will be for the foreseeable future. With much of the population hunkering at home, major metropolitan areas across the country, including New York, Los Angeles and Denver, are reporting an uptick in speeding tickets issued in the past few weeks. Some cities are even directing police…
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Mumbai Figured Out A Brutal Way To Deal With All Those Idiots Who Honk At Red Lights
I’m not sure how much time you’ve spent hanging around with traffic lights, but if you have, you know that they really, really do not give a shit what you think. That’s why if you’re at a red light, honking is useless. It’s like the stop light doesn’t even care how long you’ve been waiting.…
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New AI Searches Google Street View For Street Signs That Need Repairs
Take a moment to think about all the street signs that blur past as you’re driving. Stop signs, speed limits, and traffic warnings all add up to a massive amount of infrastructure for a city that’s challenging and costly to maintain. But piggybacking on Google’s hard work, scientists have found a clever way to streamline…