This was tested for the BBC's 'One Show' programme, where presenter Marty Jopson controlled a 'real traffic light junction at the InnovITS proving ground using a laptop, while 30 volunteer drivers tried to negotiate the junction.
Fans turned off by Detroit's crime and dilapidated sports venues embraced the dome for its climate-controlled atmosphere, unobstructed views and convenient location at the junction of two freeways.
Mr Atkins talks with pride about his decision, alongside neighbouring Labour-controlled Wolverhampton City Council, to pay for and build a motorway junction to ensure a new engine plant run by Jaguar Land Rover would bring 1, 450 jobs to the area.
The report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found engineering work on the line between Southcote Junction in Reading and Westbury meant the automatic half barrier level crossing was being controlled locally.