I would expect the czars at City Traffic Engineering would be opposed to those because of the possibility of false actuations, as noted in the conclusion. If even 1% of light changes were caused by "false calls," this would be an unbearable imposition on their masters, the automobile and the global warming advocates who drive them.
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."--Voltaire (1694-1778) Direct Cost of U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq $490,171,701,658 >>> "Matt Logan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/7/2008 10:36 AM >>> Apparently, automatic pedestrian detection systems were evaluated in 2001 by the FHWA, and they determined that such devices can increase safety and reduce inter-modal conflicts: http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/pubs/00-097.pdf -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Logan Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:41 AM To: 'Ross, Arthur'; 'Patrick McDonnell'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Bikies] Re: Bikies Digest, Vol 47, Issue 13 [snippage] But why try to solve this problem at all: Isn't there any way to automatically detect the fact that someone is waiting to cross? Using automatic detection would be one way to help put pedestrians back on par with motor vehicles. [snippage] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
