There were two interesting articles I found on Digg and you should give each a good read because if you are on my website and reading this, you will definitely want to know how the world wide web and internet can become in a very near future.
The first article I found was on IPower, it speaks about the importance of net neutrality. Basically, all the large corporations are making plans to make the web a new medium like television service. Below is an image taken from the website and it gives you an idea:
Continue reading ‘The net as we know it to end; end of the last frontier?’
I just finished reading this article on the New York Times called ‘Trolling for Trouble in the Red Light District’ which can be read here. It was an interesting read about how ineffective red light cameras at intersections were. At the same time, I have to agree with the article that these devices do not actually prevent accidents; whether it be running these red lights or making a right turn on red. So if it is not here for our safety, then what it is, is to gain more revenue for the city, the state, etc. After all, a red light camera is not intelligent, it cannot tell the different between a blatant red light traffic offender or an accidental one where a driver was caught and had to make a turn after the light turned red. An example would be during heavy traffic congestion or an oncoming driver trying to beat the yellow light thus making the driver trying to turn miss their opportunity at green and turning on a red.
The problem is not more enforcement or to catch more traffic violators. The problem is bad awareness in drivers. The logic in driving is that ‘one has the right of way’ which can cause lots of problems. Sure, the person going straight has the right of way but how often do you speed up because someone on the opposite side is making a left turn? Or do you speed up instead of slowing down to let a driver make his or her right turn? Education is key and people are driving without any awareness just knowing they have ‘the right of way’. Instead, people should just be overall more aware of what is apparently going on, on the streets. Surveying the road, checking traffic conditions and having some common sense of how another driver will react.
Continue reading ‘Trolls running on the streets’
