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Before the advent of computers, traffic lights were a marvel of mechanical and electromechanical engineering, utilizing timers, relays, and human intervention to manage bustling city intersections.

Today's traffic lights can be controlled by anything from standard traffic control computers to highly advanced AI-driven computer systems that are so "smart" they can predict what's going to happen ...