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      07-27-2015, 02:48 PM   #23
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      07-27-2015, 03:03 PM   #24
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I hate when companies make announcements pre-maturely. By the time this is more widely available in other cities, most of us will have probably forgotten about this.
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I hate when companies make announcements pre-maturely. By the time this is more widely available in other cities, most of us will have probably forgotten about this.
yea but they can say "first" and charge $250 more for "BMW apps"
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Friggin' awesome, but how many areas have it, like 2? Little early to unwrap this one me thinks!
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OMG that's awesome!
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In many other countries the lights have a countdown physically on them showing time remaining on red and green. It works really well.

No idea why the US DOT doesn't do that.
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Here is Enlighten's page with their planned roll-out:

http://connectedsignals.com/cities.php
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In many other countries the lights have a countdown physically on them showing time remaining on red and green. It works really well.

No idea why the US DOT doesn't do that.
What countries have THAT ??? Here in Germany, we don't even have turn right on a red light! lol
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I don't see the use for this. How would this help me in say New York City where you are surrounded by buses and cabs and people cutting you off every moment? Lights change every 2 minutes. I can't see you actually planning your route based on this and I can't see how it helps on your current route. So you speed up if the app says the light is changing? Really?
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I'm waiting for the clean restroom ahead app, now that would be an advance in technology for city and rural driving.
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Once again BMW beat Audi to a big technological achievement.
I read last year that Audi was working on this same tech, yet BMW brings it to the table first, just like laser headlights.
Kudos BMW.

This is very awesome because any stoplight at an intersection today that doesn't have sensors which allow the secondary roadway to go with little to no cars and allows the primary roadway (with heavier traffic during peak hours) to stop frequently is outdated, and certainly doesn't help with any fuel efficiency.
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well cool but what if i'm a android guy????!
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Snubs Android Again

Once again BMW snubs the Android OS. It goes right along with their stupid Connected Drive App that offers Facebook and Twitter for Android.

Dumb!
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no canada???
don't think we are missing out on that much. I personally can't see the benefit to this.
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I don't see the use for this. How would this help me in say New York City where you are surrounded by buses and cabs and people cutting you off every moment? Lights change every 2 minutes. I can't see you actually planning your route based on this and I can't see how it helps on your current route. So you speed up if the app says the light is changing? Really?
Obviously this is of limited value in an area like NYC. It would be tremendously useful here in FL though.
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That is where it should be, in the HUD.

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Does it integrate into the HUD? Most likely not...

Edit: downloaded the app and will see if it works in my city. Fingers crossed!
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In the US you find those countdown-timer displays at the pedestrian crossings posts, not at the traffic lights. Normally these timers can tell you when the green light is showing up at your lane within 5 seconds or less.

Considering how messed up drivers in this country drive, putting a timer at traffic lights will incite speeding to beat the light and thus crashes. The same messed up collateral effect of traffic cameras inciting rear-end crashes by people hitting the brakes like wild animals when the yellow light shows up.

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In many other countries the lights have a countdown physically on them showing time remaining on red and green. It works really well.

No idea why the US DOT doesn't do that.
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In the US you find those countdown-timer displays at the pedestrian crossings posts, not at the traffic lights. Normally these timers can tell you when the green light is showing up at your lane within 5 seconds or less.

Considering how messed up drivers in this country drive, putting a timer at traffic lights will incite speeding to beat the light and thus crashes. The same messed up collateral effect of traffic cameras inciting rear-end crashes by people hitting the brakes like wild animals when the yellow light shows up.
Doesn't a yellow light already do that?
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Another Crapple only innovation.
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Very cool, but badly applied. Audi presented the same thing at CES this year if I remember right but they have it in the actual instrument cluster where it makes sense. I don't always want to have to open the APP to see when a light turns green again. I wish BMW would use the apps data and show it on the instrument cluster.
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