Small grey box on a pole next to road - what is it?
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Small square box painted grey - slightly smaller than a typical speed camera, about 4 foot off the ground.
Spotted this yesterday, google maps is a bit out of date so unfortunately no picture, but I've not ever seen one of these before and curious to what it is, I'm thinking it's either utilities or traffic related, as there's a utilities cabinet a good few meters before it, and an ANPR mounted on a lamp post several car lengths further up.
Spotted this yesterday, google maps is a bit out of date so unfortunately no picture, but I've not ever seen one of these before and curious to what it is, I'm thinking it's either utilities or traffic related, as there's a utilities cabinet a good few meters before it, and an ANPR mounted on a lamp post several car lengths further up.
Is it in a Peli case, one of these?
It's probably a radar detector. For traffic monitoring, typically council or police. Can pick up volume, speed and a reasonable approximation of length. Nothing personally identifiable.
Alternatively could be a bluetooth or wifi detector, for journey time monitoring, although they're not that prevelant in my slightly out of date experience (not worked in that industry for ~5 years)
It's probably a radar detector. For traffic monitoring, typically council or police. Can pick up volume, speed and a reasonable approximation of length. Nothing personally identifiable.
Alternatively could be a bluetooth or wifi detector, for journey time monitoring, although they're not that prevelant in my slightly out of date experience (not worked in that industry for ~5 years)
Wasn't one of those Peli cases, just a basic square metal box, it did have some sort of black marking on the one side, but I couldn't tell if it was just a marking, an opening, or possibly a lens.
There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
Edited by s91 on Thursday 22 June 15:11
s91 said:
Wasn't one of those Peli cases, just a basic square metal box, it did have some sort of black marking on the one side, but I couldn't tell if it was just a marking, an opening, or possibly a lens.
There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
Its the anpr camera. The black mark is most kikely a solar panel.There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
Edited by s91 on Thursday 22 June 15:11
s91 said:
Wasn't one of those Peli cases, just a basic square metal box, it did have some sort of black marking on the one side, but I couldn't tell if it was just a marking, an opening, or possibly a lens.
There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
Its the anpr camera. The black mark is most kikely a solar panel to help keep it all charged up. There's a utilities cabinet several car lengths before it, and an ANPR camera bit further ahead, I wondered if it was possibly linked to either of these.
Highly doubt it's a mail box, doesn't look like that and given it's location it just wouldn't make sense, it's near the end of a dual carriageway, approaching a 30 zone where it goes back to one lane, the ANPR I mentioned is just as you get to the 30.
Edited by s91 on Thursday 22 June 15:11
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