The Melbourne road where speed limits are set by algorithm

By Paris Cowan on Jul 21, 2016 6:31AM

VicRoads automates variable speed system on the M80.

Since Monday, a computer has been in charge of deciding what speed cars can travel on Melbourne’s M80 ring road, and whether to change the limit according to a tailor-made algorithm developed by specialist researchers in Greece. At the start of the week VicRoads switched on an automated ...

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