Car gadget may spell end of red light for motorists

Car gadget may spell end of red light for motorists

Audi has invented a device which will allow motorists to avoid red lights. The gadget, called Travolution, tells drivers what speed to go in order to arrive at traffic lights when they are green.

The device sits inside the car and plots the position of the vehicle and the distance from the next set of traffic signals. It then displays the optimum speed on a screen.

Audi says that it will benefit the environment by cutting exhaust emissions because fewer cars will be stationary at lights and that it will improve fuel economy by ending stop-start inefficiency. Meanwhile, the AA said that device could be vital in meeting European Union emissions standards.

However it said that the gadget would need to be tested thoroughly in many different types of traffic conditions to ensure that it did not cause problems for other motorists.

Further tests are expected next year.

(Telegraph.co.uk)