Tl&dr: some Dutch traffic lights can be remote controlled via radio signals to give priority for busses and emergency services. This obviously can be hacked, as recently demonstrated by a whitehat.
The plan is gradually replace them with a more modern secure system ... which is connected to the internet.
I'd rather take my chances with local bullies over North Koreans. Anyway, paying attention fixes this :-)
Why would emergency services need such a button when they have a sirene? Busses can be easily prioritised in their own lane
My guess is that busses don't use sensors in the lane but rather a radio signal. Which makes sense because it's flexible with regards to speed and which direction the bus needs to go. And not all intersections have dedicated bus lanes.
🚨 are useful, but red lights add a lot of safety.
Not if their hacked. Expected safety can be more dangerous than no safeguards, because people pay more attention
But that thought idd crossed my mind too. I just wonder why innovation often leads to more complexity 🤣
To add to that, keep it simple and local. No radio signals, no internet. This is just a bad idea: better solutions are available
Bring back these guys: https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1210/0*fbdGQWPfZSW4CRfr
Creates more jobs too! Win/win
Perfect. More public sector jobs.
Others could maintain these.
Then there's people that inspect them, to see if they need maintenance.
Someone to decide on the maintenance.
And so on.
Modern traffic controllers would probably get run over all the time because they and half the drivers would be looking at their phone too much :-)
I guess then protection systems would have to be built. More building, inspecting, maintaining.
Plus more restrictive traffic speed and flow controls could be put in place.
This idea just keeps getting better.
Nah, we need a person that can hold the traffic controllers phone and when you go for a drive you give your phone to a person who will then follow you to your destination to give you back your phone.
Of course you can also do things the hard way (from about 2:30): https://youtu.be/QKVWNxihKcs
