{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/autonomous-integration-institute-of-electrical-and-electronics-engineers-proposes-adding-white-light-to-traffic-signals/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Autonomous Integration: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers proposes adding white light to traffic signals","slug":"autonomous-integration-institute-of-electrical-and-electronics-engineers-proposes-adding-white-light-to-traffic-signals","createdLocal":"2023-02-11 14:31:08.903656","publishDate":"2023-02-10 14:43:39","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.collisionrepairmag.com/autonomous-integration-institute-of-electrical-and-electronics-engineers-proposes-adding-white-light-to-traffic-signals/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Toronto, Ontario – A new paper from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) suggests that adding a fourth white light on traffic lights may help integrate autonomous vehicles (AVs) into real-world streets, with human drivers.\nAccording to an article by Jalopnik, IEEE researchers ran a simulation where traffic lights featured a white light, signalling to human drivers that AVs were now being controlled and that they should follow the vehicle in front of them.\nOther colours retained their traditional meanings, such as green telling drivers to go and red signalling drivers to halt.\nWhen too many human drivers approached the intersection, the traffic light would revert to the conventional green-yellow-red signal pattern.\nThese simulations discovered that the installation of a white light phase improved traffic flow and cost less in terms of fuel and emissions, scaling up with the number of AVs introduced.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"autonomous-integration-institute-of-electrical-and-electronics-engineers-proposes-adding-white-light-to-traffic-signals"}}}