Dynamic traffic light system for unhindered passing of high priority vehicles: Wireless implementation of dynamic traffic light systems using modular hardware

Abstract

Response time of the emergency services is vital in drastically improving the chances of survival and of meaningful recovery for the affected individuals in emergency situations. Often precious time is often lost for emergency services due to traffic, especially at traffic intersections. What we propose is a dynamic solution to the aforementioned problem using an intelligent network of smart traffic lights which all turn green in anticipation of an approaching emergency vehicle, thus providing unhindered passage to it. Further, so to facilitate the implementation of the aforementioned logic in non-smart traffic networks, a wireless embedded system based hardware solution is proposed to convert existing autonomous traffic light systems into a networked one.