Controlling vehicular traffic on a one-way roadway

摘要

A hardware traffic control device controls vehicular traffic on a one-way roadway. A hardware sensor detects vehicular traffic on a roadway in order to enable a hardware traffic control device to determine that the vehicular traffic on the roadway has been moving exclusively in a first direction during a preceding period of time, thus identifying the roadway as a one-way roadway in which current vehicular traffic is authorized to travel only in the first direction. The hardware sensor then detects an errant vehicle that is traveling in the opposite direction on the one-way roadway. A disabling electronic signal is then transmitted from the hardware traffic control device to disable a distracting electronic device within the errant vehicle.

主权项

1. A hardware traffic control device physically positioned adjacent to a roadway, the hardware traffic control device comprising:
a hardware sensor, wherein the hardware sensor:
detects vehicular traffic on a roadway;determines that the vehicular traffic on the roadway has been moving exclusively in a first direction during a preceding period of time;in response to determining that the vehicular traffic has been moving exclusively in the first direction during the preceding period of time, identifies the roadway as a one-way roadway in which current vehicular traffic is authorized to travel only in the first direction; anddetects an errant vehicle that is traveling in a second direction on the one-way roadway, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction; and a disabling signal transmitter, wherein the disabling signal transmitter transmits a disabling electronic signal to disable a distracting electronic device within the errant vehicle, wherein the distracting electronic device has been predetermined to reduce a driver's attention to driving a motor vehicle.