What is a traffic signal control system?
With the ever-increasing usage of roads by motorists and pedestrians, an efficient traffic signal control system becomes inevitable. This guide looks into the basics of a traffic signal control system. A traffic signal control system is a network of electrically or mechanically control electronic traffic lights that regulate the flow of vehicles and pedestrians at an intersection. It is mainly composed of the main controller, vehicle detectors, control circuit, timer, decoder drive circuit, decoder, clock signal generator, and a digital decoder display drive circuit. All these works together in detecting traffic and relaying this information to the main controller which transmits the messages to the traffic signals. How a traffic control system works A traffic signal control system consists of different signals directing different routes in and out of an intersection being controlled by a central command controller. The main controller is the brain t...
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