Patent ID: 7092815
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A traffic control system for use in reducing traffic congestion including: a plurality of non-negative acceleration limitation control units, each of said plurality of control units including a reception unit and a transmission unit, wherein a plurality of said reception units may be controlled by one of said transmission units; each of said plurality of reception units operatively coupled with a vehicle's acceleration system; wherein at least a portion of said non-negative acceleration limitation control units are activated when a speed detection device detects that a vehicle has reached a low threshold speed, wherein said reception units are activated by a transmitter at an entrance to a traffic congestion reduction zone wherein said acceleration of a first vehicle controlled by a first of said non-negative acceleration limitation control units is always less than a second vehicle being controlled by a second of said non-negative acceleration limitation control units, when said transmitter is active.