Patent ID: 7898433

Claim:
A system for moving a plurality of vehicles in a single lane of traffic on a roadway through a control zone which comprises: a sensor for determining an approach of each vehicle to a threshold of the control zone; a plurality of signals wherein each signal moves at a distance “s” ahead of a corresponding one of said vehicles through the control zone for managing the movement of the corresponding vehicle at a speed “v” determined for each signal; a control protocol established for each vehicle entering the control zone wherein the control protocol establishes and continuously updates a safe stopping distance “sd” and a distance “d” between consecutive ones of said signals based on the length “l” of the corresponding vehicle and the distance “s”; a regulator for monitoring the distance “s” between each vehicle and the corresponding signal; and a computer connected to the sensor for initiating the control protocol for each vehicle at the threshold, wherein the computer establishes the speed “v” for moving each signal, and further wherein the computer is connected to the regulator to create an alarm when the distance “s” creates a predetermined condition.