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NOTICE A CHANGE ON A WELL-WRITTEN ROA FOR SPEEDERS. DEIRDR MIKE TESELLE LIFE GETTING US AN IDEA OF HOW THESE KNOWS WORK. YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG. WHAT WILL HAPPEN? MIKE THIS IS EMPIRE AND THROAT. IF YOU KNOW THE ROAD COME YOU KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO GO A LITTLE FAST ALONG THIS ROAD. RIGHT AHEAD OF US -- YOU SEE THAT GREEN MIGHT? GASLIGHT? -- LIGHT? THAT IS ONE OF A SERIES TO MANIPULATE YOUR SPEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT DRIVING TOO FAST. THE CITY INSTALLED A SERIES OF SIX OF THESE SIGNALS. EACH OF THESE IS EQUIPPED WITH CAMERAS ALL 10 -- ALL TIED TO A COMMAND ESSENTIAL USING TECHNOLOGY. CAMERAS CAN MONITOR THE SPEED OF CARS AND SYNCHRONIZE THE LIGHTS TO SLOW OR EVEN STOP DRIVERS WHO ARE SPEEDING. IF THE REAL TIME SENSES YOU ARE DRIVING AT OR BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT, THEY CHANGE THE LIKE TO GREEN. IF THE SYSTEM SENSES YOU ARE DRIVING TOO FAST, THE NEXT STOPLIGHT WILL TURN RED -- FORCING DRIVERS TO STOP. WE ARE LOOKING AT A GREEN MIGHT NOW. THE ONLY REASON WE HAD TO SLOW WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEFT-HAND TURN IN FRONT OF US. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY ARE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN STRETCH OF ROAD, PEOPLE PUSH THE SPEED LIMIT BUT THERE IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT THERE. THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO THIS TO MAKE THINGS SAFER AND SMOOTHER. WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF THIS WORKS. WE ARE DRIVING 40. WE ARE UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT. THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW. ARE WE GOING TO GET A GREEN? IS THERE SOMEONE IN FRONT OF US? WE GOT THE GREEN BECAUSE WE WERE DRIVING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT. THE CITY SAYS THEY ARE DOING THIS NOT AS PART OF ENFORCEMENT BUT TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR SO THEY CAN MANAGE TRAFFIC SAFELY AND SMOOTHLY AND GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO THOSE WHO ARE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OR LOWER AND RED LIGHTS TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BE PUSHING IT AND PASSING OTHERS ALONG THIS ROADWAY. LIVE ALONG EMPIRE