Traffic intersection distance anayltics system

A traffic intersection distance signaling system, comprising:

• a first sensor positioned on a first light pole on a first side of a specified traffic intersection to obtain data for determining a distance between a first vehicle travelling in a first direction on the first side of the traffic intersection and a near edge of the traffic intersection;
• a second sensor positioned on a second light pole on a second side of the intersection, opposite the first side of the intersection, to obtain data for measuring a length of a second vehicle travelling in the first direction on the second side of the intersection;
• a display unit for producing signaling messages:
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• a sub-system for using the data from the first sensor to determine a distance between a first vehicle on the first side of the traffic intersection and the near edge of the traffic intersection, for using the data from the second sensor to measure the length of the second vehicle, for using said determined distance and the measured length of the second vehicle to determine if space is available for the second vehicle on the first side of the intersection, behind the first vehicle, for the second vehicle to enter and exit the intersection in said first direction behind the first vehicle, when said space is available for the second vehicle, behind the first vehicle, and for transmitting a control signal to the display unit to display a signal to the second vehicle, behind the first vehicle, that space is available for the second vehicle on the first side of the traffic intersection for the second vehicle to enter and exit the intersection travelling in the first direction.

A computer readable program product for traffic intersection distance signaling, the computer readable program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the method of:
• using data from a first sensor positioned on a first light pole on a first side of a specified traffic intersection to determine a distance between a first vehicle travelling in a first direction on the first side of the traffic intersection and a near edge of the traffic intersection;
• using data from a second sensor positioned on a second light pole on a second side of the intersection, opposite the first side of the intersection, to measure a length of a second vehicle travelling in the first direction on the second side of the intersection;
• using said determined distance and the measured length of the second vehicle to determine if space is available for the second vehicle on the first side of the intersection, behind the first vehicle, for the second vehicle to enter and exit the intersection in said first direction behind the first vehicle;
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• when said space is available for the second vehicle, behind the first vehicle, signaling to the second vehicle that space is available for the second vehicle, behind the first vehicle, on the first side of the intersection for the second vehicle to enter and exit the intersection travelling in the first direction.