Patent ID: 7755510
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicular traffic system for a merge zone, the merge zone comprising a secondary lane merging into a primary lane, the vehicular traffic system comprising: a series of primary lane signaling devices constructed to direct consecutive vehicles traveling in the primary lane along a primary lane trajectory constructed to open a gap between the consecutive vehicles traveling in the primary lane until a time when the gap between the consecutive vehicles traveling in the primary lane reaches a minimum maneuver distance sufficient for merging a vehicle traveling in the secondary lane; and a series of secondary lane signaling devices constructed to direct the vehicle traveling in the secondary lane along a secondary lane trajectory constructed to position the vehicle traveling in the secondary lane at a midpoint between the consecutive vehicles traveling in the primary lane at the same time that the gap between the consecutive vehicles traveling in the primary lane reaches the minimum maneuver distance sufficient for merging the vehicle traveling in the secondary lane.