I think QLD tested the pedestrian crossing sensors. May be better if
defaults to pedestrian crossing and cars trigger change - that way
drivers would be prepared to stop.
The beg buttons were turned off. Advertised as being for COVID - but
they turned off long before so as not to hold up cars.
The SCATS system is owned by the Australian
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> state of New South Wales
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales>, whose state capital
is Sydney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney>. In December 2019,
Transport for NSW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_for_NSW>,
the transport and road agency in New South Wales, began to look into
commercialising the SCATS system.^[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Coordinated_Adaptive_Traffic_System#cite_note-1>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Coordinated_Adaptive_Traffic_System
Marghanita
On 28/9/22 13:28, Harry McNally wrote:
There's an idea for LIDAR or a vision system observing from within
pedestrian crossing button boxes that detects stationary or pedestrian
speed objects in the crossing zone. The options for the traffic lights
are to transition to red until the pedestrian (or wildlife) clears or
flash the orange light to alert drivers. Manufacturing scale for new
vehicles must reduce the technology cost.
The buttons in WA are getting contact free IR sensors (because COVID I
think) so there is potential for a smarter pedestrian buttons.
On 28/9/22 10:38, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
Interesting Harry,
It was the crossing points which I think we could do with better
lighting for pedestrian safety and drivers to take caution. Even
pedestrians at traffic lights are very poorly lit.
One little factoid is that the Annandale Borough argued the lights
would be on every night when the switch from gas to electricity
occurred. Gas lights were not turned on during a full moon and in
those days they were probably more for pedestrians and there were
less private vehicles. The Annandale Town Clerk - Golden Hinsby was
killed by a driver while crossing Parramatta Road.
Marghanita
On 28/9/22 10:50, Harry McNally wrote:
Hi Marghanita
I wondered for a while about the opposite of RayBans call
NightBrites(tm) so even pedestrians don't need street lights. Energy
saved, no poles to crash into, light pollution avoided, happy
astronomers and wildlife.
On 28/9/22 08:27, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
It would be good if street lights were no longer needed to light up
the road (for cars) but were focussed on pedestrian safety instead.
On 28/9/22 07:53, Tom Worthington wrote:
On 24/9/22 20:09, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Hopes glow-in-the-dark roads could reduce road toll in rural
Victoria
ABC Gippsland / By Natasha Schapova Thursday 22 Sep 2022 ...
And cars with night vision head-up displays? ;-)
More seriously, onboard driver aids which check the driver is
paying attention would be far more effective. ANU spinoff Seeing
Machines make a device to check the driver is looking out the
window. This is now installed in some up-market cars:
https://blog.tomw.net.au/2017/12/canberra-start-up-overnight-success.html
Other aids which steer cars around bends have shown their worth.
https://www.drive.com.au/news/lane-keeping-assist-could-be-compulsory-in-australia/
Mercedes actually made an infrared camera equipped car, but of
questionable value:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/39300/night-vision-mercedes
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