Have you ever had this experience while driving a car?

(I keep getting stuck at red lights these days…)

Is this a coincidence? In fact, it may be inevitable! A reporter who has always had questions about traffic lights when driving a car decided to investigate.

I asked the police who are in charge of traffic lights.

We arrived at the Traffic Control Center at the Kumamoto Prefectural Police Headquarters. Using vehicle detectors attached to traffic lights, the center monitors traffic conditions such as the number of cars and their speed in real time. It is also the hub that manages traffic lights in the prefecture.

First of all, how are the prefecture’s 2,800 traffic lights controlled?

Kumamoto Prefectural Police Headquarters Traffic Regulation Division Assistant Section Chief Inspector Takatomo Uehara“About one-third of the incidents were based on vehicle detectors, etc.“Centralized Control”This is the remote control that is used.