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...ramp and whether there are gaps available for them on the highway. When a space shows up, the computer begins lighting the string of green lights in sequence at the proper speed, producing a pacing light that moves up the ramp. The motorist need only follow the pacer light by about a car length; theoretically he will then reach the freeway in time to swing into the space allotted him. If no gaps are available, cars are stopped up to 15 seconds at one of the three traffic lights while the computer "looks" for an opening. Should there still...
Unbelievably Successful. The system still has its own gaps. For example, a motorist who refuses or is unable to follow the pacer lights can frustrate the computer, which tries frantically to backtrack and pick up his car again. A second phase of the testing will involve a less complex arrangement of moving bands of green and white light on an electronic railing along the ramp; a driver who cannot or will not keep abreast of a green band (programmed, like the pacer lights, to deliver him to a predetermined slot in highway traffic) can either fall back and pick...
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...blind. Stunt Man Evel Knievel plans to race a jet-powered motorcycle down a ramp at 280 m.p.h. and-God and the authorities willing-jump across the Grand Canyon. Last week Henry Carr, Detroit Lions defensive back and former Olympic 200-meter-dash champion, raced a pacer over a 110-yd. course and won by 10 yds. "I never beat the horses at the betting window," he said, "so I wanted to see if I could beat them on the track...
...working on chemistry patents for Du Pont. Lee Kitchens, an electronics engineer for Texas Instruments and the outgoing Little People's president, literally soared into town, flying his own plane from Richardson, Texas. Since he stands only 4 ft. 1 in., the rudder pedals on his Piper Tri-Pacer have been built up about nine inches to meet his feet...