I was once told that 2 out of every 1 people working at the BBC has a multiple personality disorder

but will it have enough memory to run any Microsoft software ?

In Thailand, Many intersections have a large clock indicating how long is left for the green light and then how long for the red light, It seems to work pretty well, if this was combined with a remote sensor system (the clock kicks in when the sensor kicks in , if you don't see a clock then the lights stay the same), I think it would pretty much solve all the "what if's" that most people are asking
except for who to sue, but that is probably why america does not have these clocks, because someone is scared they would be sued if another person did something stupid based on the information supplied by the clock.

And this is all about improving the system of sensors, putting the initial triggering devices in to vehicles, and not into the roads themselves.
putting a sensor loop in to a road is not difficult, but does mean shutting down the road for a period of time and employing a number of people to install and test it, and reinstall if it doesn't work right the first time.
and to minimise inconvenience to raod users it is often done at night (with additional costs of extra energy for work lights etc and of course overtime/night pay rates for the people involved.)
If this could be replaced with a simple transponder (that would also be able to be used for Toll roads etc.) that all cars would have to carry (how about a digital registration transponder) and then coordinated with a modification of the current sensor system (to work with a series of directional antenna's instead of road sensors)
it would potentially lead to an increase in traffic efficiency and a potential fuel saving to a majority of road users,
And the fringe benefits for government and law enforcement of being able to track individual vehicle more accurately speak for themselves.

someone is driving the car (I assume), so you still follow red/green lights as they show to you.
If the light turns red before you get to the intersection (because say, an ambulance has triggered it, just like they do now), then you stop, you learned how to do that when you got your licence.
This will not guarantee a green light, just increase the chances of a green light when you are at the intersection, if the light is red as you approach then slow down, there are a myriad of reasons that the lights may be green the other way (starting with a greater number of cars approaching the intersection/ going through the intersection, or as mentioned before, maybe triggering to gig an emergency vehicle priority)
If the car is a self drive, then I am sure it would not be difficult to have a 'communication' of some manner, with the intersection saying 'the light is green in x seconds time for y seconds' and the car would behave accordingly, if no communication then the car would treat the lights as normal traffic lights and not assume anything about greens or reds except what can be deduced by looking at the lights (e.g. they are green now, or red now)
so in other words it is not about sending a guarantee that the lights will be green for you, it is about improving the average of green lights across a greater number of people and vehicles, you still have to drive according to the road conditions as they are in front of you.

I also am used to loops in the road as traffic sensors.
And I laugh every time i see some idiot stopped 1 or 2 car lengths back from the stop line, way back from the sensor loop wondering why the lights don't change for them.

I still wonder what is their reasoning for stopping so far back, but I don't think reason has anything to do with it ............

and its organised

Abbot

the man who cannot see beyond his own "No's"

because nobody's crazy enough to vote for Abbott

Unfortunately, the polls don't show that at all. Despite the fact that a huge overwhelming majority of Australians don't like him, they are still indicating that they will vote for him.

No, This is Australia

I think the last Politician to win an election was Whitlam

Now it is more a case of not so much voting for the party you want, but more voting against the one you want least .....
that is to say. (despite what they will tell us), elections aren't really won, but Lost.

Don't vote, it only encourages them.

What does Gary Larson have to say about this ?

Is that the filing cabinet in the locked toilet in the basement ?

Which is one reason why the Government constantly redefine what is "unemployed"
So that they can keep the official unemployment figures low....
"Yes our unemployment is maintained at about 6%...."
In Australia, unemployment figures were once based on people actually registered as unemployed
Now you have to be registered as unemployed (with up to 6 weeks before your registration becomes official)and must not have done ANY work or training course in the previous fortnight, not even one hour.
If you are registered as unemployed for more than 6 weeks (it may be 10, i can't remember exactly at the moment) you must partake in a training course (like how to write a resume), or in voluntary community service (work for the dole), and bingo, you are not part of the statistics anymore.
And while you are registered as unemployed you must apply (and provide documentary evidence of interviews) for a certain number of jobs every week, or your registration is suspended (for up to 6 weeks) and of course you are off the stats again.
And finally while you are registered as unemployed, the dole payment is insufficient to actually survive on without additional income, let alone chase work, but if you do anything like sell off assets or get a part time job, you are removed from the stats(for up to 6 weeks)

There are three types of Lies
1. Lies
2. Damned Lies
3. Statistics

you should all know by now that not only does voting encourage them, the only result of voting is that a politician will get in to office.......

I am sorry but this is the real world.

Public policy is made by politicians who would not know rational if it smacked them in the face.

Making Money from exploiting workers is the backbone of our capitalist system.