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To stop a constant barrage of car honking, the Mumbai police in India have installed noise detectors at traffic lights, The New York Times<\/em> reports<\/a>. The more honking, the longer the light stays red.<\/p> Their evocative name for the system: “The Punishing Signal.”<\/p> Horn not okay, please! — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) January 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> The cops also installed cryptic signs on intersections with the new system that read “Honk More, Wait More.”<\/p> A tongue-in-cheek video uploaded by Mumbai police last week has gone viral with several million views.<\/p> “Maybe they think that by honking, they can make the signal turn green faster?” the narrator of the video says.<\/p> The devious devices work by measuring the decibels at a given intersection. As soon as it detects that cars are honking at 85 decibels or higher — about the equivalent<\/a> of a freight train passing from 15 feet — the red light stays on longer.<\/p> “This is what we wanted to tell them: Honking or making noise doesn’t move the traffic,” Mumbai police spokesman Pranaya Ashok told the Times<\/em>. “The traffic takes its own time to move, O.K.?”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Mumbai Police Play a Trick on Honking Drivers<\/a> [The New York Times<\/em>]<\/p> More on India:<\/strong> India Wants to Send This Legless Humanoid Robot Into Space<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post India’s Devious New Traffic Lights Stay Red When Drivers Honk<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Originally posted here: The Punishing Signal To stop a constant barrage of car honking, the Mumbai police in India\u00a0have installed noise detectors at traffic lights, The New York Times reports . The more honking, the longer the light stays red Continue reading
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