This thread has digressed quite a bit... Allow me to add to it! 3M makes something called the Opticom System. It is a traffic management device that really helps emergency vehicles make their way thru heavy traffic...
Here's an article that summarizes it nicely: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0111roa.html Also, there is a well produced video under the "3M Opticom System" section here: http://www.3m.com/us/safety/tcm/products/itsvids.jhtml Paul Hare e: [email protected] Compliance Engineer w: 978.206.9179 Pirus Networks f: 978.206.9199 43 Nagog Park c: 508.450.0376 Acton, MA 01720 i: www.pirus.com -----Original Message----- From: Doug McKean [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:38 AM To: ieee pstc list Subject: Re: Don'r Get Caught Running a Red Traffic Light! Just as a side issue about remote monitoring of red-light runners ... One unintended consequence of cameras watching for people who run lights happened in Fremont about 2 years ago. A couple of stop lights were set up with cameras as an experiment. During the course of rush hour traffic one day at one of the experimental camera sites, an emergency vehicle was stuck behind several vehicles sitting for a red light. Apparently the fire truck was boxed in since the roads were several lanes wide and the truck was all the way over in a right lane. Lights and siren were blaring away. Q: Did any of the cars move out of the way of the fire truck and in doing so some would have to move through the intersection and thus thru the red light? A: No. Reason: No one wanted to get a ticket running the red light. Be rather ironic that the fire truck was responding to the home of someone sitting at that intersection. Just something to think about. Regards, Doug McKean ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
