Catching the ‘Green Wave’ – Audi Introduces Smart Traffic Lights in Düsseldorf

Sounds like a more expensive version of a system I saw in Novosibirsk, Russia about 10 years ago:<p>There were displays hung next to the traffic lights that told you what speed you should be going to get the next green light. It would top out at &#x27;speed limit&#x27;.<p>It worked for all cars, even the ancient soviet ones.

I found that my commute had predictable timings. Drive at exactly 28 mph, and you’d hit the green wave. As my commute was over 50% of my travel, and the pattern was learned in just a few days of observation, I question how valuable this service will really be. In my other commutes, I was stuck in stop and go traffic, and this ‘Green Wave’ detection wouldn’t help. It’s for a corner case of non highway driving outside of rush hour. Yet, I can see how it would appeal to the German sense of proper order and over engineering.

Why is this not available to drivers of other brands as a simple app if the local authorities, and thus all taxpayers, are funding this?

Are drivers going to speed up like madmen just to catch the “green wave”?