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When will that light turn green? Audi’s Travolution lets you know.
Nobody likes a waiting at a long red light, and sometimes it would be good to know exactly how long a driver has to wait. Fortunately, Audi is working on a program called Travolution, which allows a driver to know how long that infernal light will stay red.
This device will come in handy for when you are going fast toward a red light. The Travolution will tell you if that red light will suddenly turn green in a few seconds, so you can keep going.
Not only can this Travolution revolutionize travel and save time, but it can also save the earth as well. Apparently, the idle time that you spend at an intersection waiting for a light can lead to increased CO2 emissions, which no one really wants for an environmentally friendly planet.
So far, this Travolution is still in the experimental phase right now, being tested out in the German town of Ingolstadt. The town had to install a network of “intelligent traffic lights” in order to implement this Travolution system, and I’m wondering how much work it would take to get all traffic lights in the world in line.
I’m not certain if this Travolution will improve things, because it will just increase the amount of times that drivers will want to get things done before the light turns green.
Join 5 Comments
Gadgets Says: September 22, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Exactly JEmlay – people will speed up based on the clock countdown rather than slowing down. Be careful- be very, very careful out there….
Ken Says: September 22, 2008 at 6:53 pm
But it’s still a great revolutionize technology… If you can think in a positive ways! 
Well, I agree that boost at the first mili-second of green light is not wise. Audi should also add a technology to tell the driver when is the “green light turn red”! with the both technology attached, I’m sure there will no serious accident.
nobrainerdeals Says: September 22, 2008 at 10:25 pm
This would be good for racing, LOL.
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JEmlay Says: September 22, 2008 at 11:38 am
“The Travolution will tell you if that red light will suddenly turn green in a few seconds, so you can keep going.”
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!! The cause of MOST intersection accidence will now get a new boost!