The concept of the traffic light actually dates all the way back to the 1860s, where gas-lit signals were placed on the posh streets that lined the Houses of Parliament in London.

Cars and traffic signals are talking to each other, leaving the driver — if there even is one — out. Top automakers including Volkswagen, Honda (HMC), Ford (F) and BMW (BMWYY) are ...

So get ready for every old-timer to absolutely lose it over the IEEE's latest idea: A "white light," phase on traffic lights that would serve both to help direct self-driving cars and let human ...

These simulators are showing researchers that traffic improves with the presence of AVs and a fourth traffic light and that fuel consumption is much lower as there is much less stop-and-go movement.

Sadly, not everyone always does abide, and there is a significant portion of the annual 6.3M car crashes and 37,000 annual car-related deaths that can be attributed to violating a red light. Some ...

Anyone who's sat at a red light for minutes on end in the middle of the night when there's no cross traffic can cheer on science for proving what we already knew: lights that adapt to the flow of ...

Aside from the car-adorning traffic lights, Skoda is testing another pedestrian aid – a robotic rover called IPA2X (see it in action in the second video).

The blue lights on top of traffic signals, also known as confirmation lights, are designed to assist law enforcement detect drivers who run red lights.

There are numerous everyday traffic scenarios that could be made safer by cars with front-facing braking indicators.

The first electric traffic light blazed to life a century ago this month, transforming the way our cities managed vehicular flow. But this icon of the automobile age could become a rarity on our ...

1914, however, saw the first electric traffic light. It was designed by James Hoge in Cleveland, and he even received a patent in 1918. His traffic light featured two illuminated words, “stop” and ...