Yeah I know these are used for counting vehicles but can they also be used for detecting vehicle speed?

Description: two pneumatic hoses, affixed to a road. They lead to a box that’s locked to a telephone pole. Location is southern California. On a minor artery road.

Doubtful that it’s to survey if a new stop sign is needed since the next street is minor, dead ends into this one and already has a stop sign. The next intersection with another minor artery already has a stop sign.

Extremely doubtful that a traffic light is being considered since there isn’t anywhere near the amount of traffic to justify one.

This is located on a slope. Many cars speed down here. That’s why I’m wondering about speed sensing by this device.

  • limelight79@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I hope so. The county I live in is extremely popular for cyclists - even in the dead of winter it’s not unusual to see people riding (sometimes I’m among them, but I have my limits). It seems like it’d be useful info for the county to have.

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      6 months ago

      Agreed, and another person replied in here who sets these up that further convinces me they do. But maybe go ask that person and see what they know?