New Signs Will Communicate With Sensors In Pavement
Roads are getting downright high tech on the west side of the state (no need to be jealous, we don't have the congestion to warrant this kind of thing). Starting with I-5 next summer, new signs will warn drivers of slow traffic ahead. How will they know traffic is slow? Because sensors embedded in the pavement will send them a message to tell them. Then they'll rise up and take over the world. Oh sorry, got a little carried away there.
Here's what will really happen, from the WSDOT blog.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
Roads are getting downright high tech on the west side of the state (no need to be jealous, we don't have the congestion to warrant this kind of thing). Starting with I-5 next summer, new signs will warn drivers of slow traffic ahead. How will they know traffic is slow? Because sensors embedded in the pavement will send them a message to tell them. Then they'll rise up and take over the world. Oh sorry, got a little carried away there. 
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