THE MARCONI/R.R.L. VEHICLE DETECTOR

A NEW FORM OF VEHICLE DETECTOR IS DESCRIBED. ITS DEVELOPMENT RESULTS FROM COOPERATIVE RESEARCH BY THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY AND THE MARCONI COMPANY. THE RESULT IS A VERY VERSATILE DETECTOR, OPERATING ON A TRIBOELECTRIC PRINCIPLE AND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TASKS. MORE THAN 30 EXPERIMENTAL DETECTORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN PUBLIC ROADS IN GREAT BRITAIN TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE DATA UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS OF USE AND TO EVALUATE THE DEVICE AS A POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR BOTH PNEUMATIC TUBES AND OTHER FORMS OF DETECTORS. /HSL/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410683
• Authors:
  • Swale, D L
  • Ginn, M G
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 268-72
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway operations; Performance tests; Traffic; Vehicle detectors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226378
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM