1101 - Traffic Myths

Rumor Flies

Season 11 is upon us! Can you force a red light to go green with your headlights? Should you check your backseat for a killer? Find out these answers and more on this road-raging episode of Rumor Flies!

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Sources

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/06108/02.cfm#:~:text=The%20inductive%2Dloop%20system%20behaves,loops%2C%20which%20decrease%20their%20inductance.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/flashing-your-headlights-make-red-light-turn-green/

http://web.archive.org/web/20080514052035/http:/edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/05/traffic.lights.ap/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1255066601243257&set=a.319005021516091&type=3&theater

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-flashing-headlights-gang-in/fact-check-flashing-your-headlights-is-not-a-trigger-for-a-deadly-gang-initiation-rite-idUSKBN24A2GW

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180101

https://mikebrownsolutions.com/fish3.htm

https://stateofspeed.com/2018/11/05/what-is-a-carburetor/

https://patents.google.com/patent/US1750354

https://jalopnik.com/the-mpg-conspiracy-theory-is-crap-and-heres-why-1562574926

https://www.straightdope.com/21341882/has-a-200-mpg-carburetor-been-suppressed-by-the-oil-industry

https://xtown.la/2020/01/31/the-detective-check-your-back-seat/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-killer-in-the-backseat/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat - this is actually a REALLY good wikipedia article lol

https://www.deseret.com/1991/12/13/18957193/tale-of-backseat-killer-is-similar-to-news-stories

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DangerTakesABackseat