Computers will soon be able to forecast the density of traffic on the roads just as they now predict the weather, writes the Daily Telegraph, reporting that scientists at Edinburgh University are using a massively parallel Cray Research Inc T3D to forecast traffic flow in Scotland 50 minutes ahead of its build-up, using a model of traffic for all Scottish roads for every hour of the year – great! We really look forward to the day when the weather forecast is accompanied by the long-range traffic forecast and a Michael let me assure her that there isn’t going to be a hurricane Fish lookalike tells us a lady just phoned in to say her seaweed told her there would be three-day gridlock in London, with no-one able to move in any direction, and assures us it isn’t going to happen just as the city grinds to a halt.
