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Originally Posted by ken0042
How do you figure Firefly? You figure it's impossible to have the control computer on a battery backup?
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Nope, but really, how expensive would that be? It's probably not impossible, but probably really difficult to have the lights talk to each other, all on a control computer that is it's own system for that particular set of lights...
In addition, because each set of lights would be on it's own circuit, let's say that downtown goes down... there's nothing to say that the lights would operate consecutively like they normally do, resulting in more stops and starts. Whereas if you have police at them, they can direct in such a fashion that traffic flows smoothly.
If that made any sense.