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How do traffic lights involve science??

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When a vehicle on a side road arrives at the intersection, a sensor will detect it and cycle the lights to allow traffic on the side road to pass through. In this way, traffic can flow uninterrupted on the main road unless and until traffic on a side road appears.
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Many would pair the engineering and science behind it together. The sensor requires have a detective system for when cars pass by. It can also cycle the lights (change from red, green, and yellow). Traffic can flow uninterrupted on the main road. So, science is an important part.

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