Traffic lights have been with us since 1868, when the first gas-powered set was switched on in London. These lights used a semaphore system similar to those used by the railways of the day and ...

Like it or not, traffic cameras are a fixture on North American roadways, and they aren’t going away anytime soon. Before you get upset about living in a surveillance state, you should know not all of ...

While there are plenty of traffic laws out there that might have you scratching your head, there's a good reason why zooming through a red light is illegal. Whether on a busy city street or a small ...

The traffic light at my side street almost always turns green within 10 seconds of my arrival, setting a happy tone for the rest of the drive. But on occasion, someone stops too far back or pulls too ...

Small cameras mounted on top of traffic lights have become a pretty common sight in the U.S., as they can be found in almost every state. It continues to get more common, as the number of traffic ...

Each time a driver in Seattle meets a red light, they wait about 20 seconds on average before it turns green again, according to vehicle and smartphone data collected by analytics company Inrix. The ...