Intelligent speed regulator

1. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a speed regulator configurable to inflate to an extended configuration and deflate to a retracted configuration;

a monitor to detect a speed of a vehicle; and

a speed regulator controller to configure the speed regulator based on the detected speed, the speed regulator controller configured to inflate the speed regulator to the extended configuration in a first mode and to deflate the speed regulator to the retracted configuration in the first mode based on the detected speed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a default configuration of the speed regulator is one of fully retracted, partially retracted, or extended.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is inflated into the extended configuration in response to the vehicle passing the speed regulator.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is maintained in an extended configuration in response to the vehicle exceeding a defined speed.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is deflated in response to the vehicle traveling at a speed less than a defined speed.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is maintained in the retracted configuration in response to the vehicle traveling at a speed less than a defined speed.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is maintained in an existing configuration in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is deflated in a second mode in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator and a speed of the vehicle meeting predefined criteria.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the speed regulator is inflated in a second mode in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator and a speed of the vehicle meeting predefined criteria.

10. A method for controlling a speed regulator, the method comprising:

detecting a speed of a vehicle; and

deflating a speed regulator in a first mode based on the detected speed, the speed regulator being under a control of a speed regulator controller and being configurable to inflate to an extended configuration and deflate to a retracted configuration.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inflating the speed regulator into the extended configuration in response to the vehicle passing the speed regulator.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising maintaining the speed regulator in the extended configuration in response to the vehicle exceeding a defined speed.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising deflating the speed regulator in response to the vehicle traveling at a speed less than a defined speed.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising maintaining the speed regulator in the retracted configuration in response to the vehicle traveling at a speed less than a defined speed.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising retracting the speed regulator: when the vehicle is a defined distance from the speed regulator, at a specified amount of time after the vehicle is first detected, or based on an estimated time of the vehicle encountering the speed regulator.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising maintaining the speed regulator in an existing configuration in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inflating the speed regulator in a second mode in response to a speed of the vehicle violating predefined criteria.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising deflating the speed regulator in a second mode in response to the vehicle passing the speed regulator.

19. The method of claim 10 , further comprising deflating the speed regulator in a second mode in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator and a speed of the vehicle meeting predefined criteria.

20. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inflating the speed regulator in a second mode in response to the vehicle being within a predefined distance of the speed regulator and a speed of the vehicle meeting predefined criteria.

21. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

detecting a speed of a vehicle; and

deflating a speed regulator in a first mode based on the detected speed, the speed regulator being under a control of a speed regulator controller and being configurable to inflate to an extended configuration and deflate to a retracted configuration.