From: terrell.michael.a@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 2:01:00 AM UTC-5, Bret Cahill wrote:   
   > > > Beacons/transponders would greatly alleviate the problem.   
   >    
   > > I have a bright idea - make it instantly universally compatible by using   
   light instead of radio waves :)   
   >    
   > If Caltrans put up reflectors on curves, that would help at night, same as   
   Bluetooth day or night.   
   >    
   > But it would be easier to just use AM which can make it around the curve   
   natcherally and be picked up day or night by tuning into the right channel.   
      
      Do you really expect people to drive around with an AM radio  on, not tuned   
   to a broadcast transmitter in these days of electrical noise from so many   
   switching power supplies? Even those damned LED traffic signals radiate noise.   
   In rural areas, I can    
   pick it up before I see the lights. At times, over a mile.   
      
   With just a  crap Part 15 transmitter, what good is it? You have no idea where   
   it is coming from.   
      
   Did that 'excited guy at the FCC' explain the costs to approve a system like   
   this to you? Around here, areas where people ride bikes there would be more   
   than one signal. How long do you think that people would put up with the noise   
   and false alarms? AM    
   radios don't have a squelch, and newer car radios are often FM only.   
      
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