TRAFFIC POWER

SOMEONE SHOULD ALREADY BE RICH FROM THIS, if not, I VOLUNTEER!

I would be shocked if I was the first person to think of this, but I don't hear anybody else talking about it...

When I'm sitting in traffic I can't help but think about how much energy thousands upon thousands of extremely heavy slow moving objects could possibly create.

I think harnessing this energy would be relatively easy to accomplish and would be a significant benefit using something that is already happening anyway.

I also imagine it could be adjustable to suite normal highway flow conditions, but traffic time is especially promising.

I imagine a pad that acts as a lever which depresses as a vehicle rolls over it. A sensor just before the pad detects the vehicle and measures it's speed and weight so it can allow the pad to pop up and set itself just a split second before the vehicle runs over it. If done properly the driver and passengers would barely even notice it and it would not be a hazard.