Some US cities begin rewarding careful drivers with fewer red lights by giving early greens to those driving under or at the speed limit

Combining both the concepts of the “rest in red” along with speed tracking sensors, those going at or under the posted speed limits can be rewarded with early green lights at the intersections.

apnews.com/article/rest-red-reward-drivers-portland-albuquerque-bcec5e0fe91dcaaaeb8f60e866ff7a37

Aint the surveillance state s’wonderful?

Seriously, also aren’t lights supposed to be programmed to move the most traffic throughout the day… Why would people want to make it less efficient.

Edit: went back and watched the video. They aren’t giving preferred treatment to anyone, they just timed the lights so if you go from 1 to the next it should turn green based on speed/distance. I’m not really sure why you would even need the speed sensors, you can just measure the distance and set them…