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Ever sat at a traffic light in the snow and wondered why your car wasn't triggering the lights? As it turns out, there's a very simple reason why it happens.

In a bout of frustration I recently realized that the roads have all updated — most people have no idea how — and this sometimes hurts the flow of traffic. This realization happened when an ...

Inductive loop detectors were introduced in the early 1960s and have been one of the most widely used sensors for traffic management on freeways, arterials, and intersections. These sensors are used ...