Ref. car tracking - is it already too late ?

[Neill W]

I'm new to this forum, so perhaps this subject has been covered - if so I apologise.
Have you noticed the massive number of tar lines appearing on our roads? They look like the cables fitted near traffic lights to trigger the sequencing, but they're placed nowhere near a junction...often in places where you might go a little quicker.....
Have a look, they're everywhere. Beside them is an innocent looking box by the roadside.
Additionally, many of them have a post with a solar cell on top and appear to have two rows of cable - similar to the two cable speed trap the police used to use around here......

Road charging and automatic speed fines? Too late, they've decided already. Please prove me wrong, someone.
Look at
www.gt1.eu.com/roadmark.htm
to see what I mean.
Neill W

[deltaf]

DS2 and truvelo installations.

[streaky]

They might also be part of the Highways Agency Traffic Control Centre project - that is ostensibly designed to deliver "Real Time Traffic Information" (which it usefully does in its pilot form now, see: www.highways.gov.uk/news/m25_rt/index.htm)

However, this is the scheme that, from a technical perspective, could form the data-collection basis of a mechanism to track cars and 'control' (by financial penalty - ie. fines) drivers travelling at over the speed limit.

Streaky

[marvelharvey]

I pass over these frequently at 1??mph and have done for a while.... still no letters in the post.

I've always thought they were for traffic data collection

[Neil_H]

marvelharvey said:

I've always thought they were for traffic data collection

Same here, I think a lot of them are used to determine how busy certain roads are and whether more roads are needed etc etc

[Neill W]

So exactly what sort of traffic info can they collect?
I bet they won't need much modifying to monitor speed and collect transponder info.

[cptsideways]

M1 has them every 1/4 mile, they are same system as Truvelo so yes big brother is watching if we wants.

[DennisTheMenace]

If we get any more sensors put in the road there will be no need for tarmac