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We have those here to, I always thought they were used to pick up when firetrucks or emergency vehicles were coming, so they would turn their lights green.
they have thoes at alot of MD lights. they're not redlight camreas, im pretty sure they use them to record accidents and traffic patterns through trouble-some intersections.
they have thoes at alot of MD lights. they're not redlight camreas, im pretty sure they use them to record accidents and traffic patterns through trouble-some intersections.
^ bad geoff
huh? lol
I did alot of searching online and thats what they are used for. They pick up IR strobe beams and change the lights to either all red or green for the direction its coming in.
i'm gonna have to agree withbigbird. i really dont think htey are red light cameras - at least no in MD. i think they are just for general research and surveilance. If they were red light cameras I would have gotten some tickets by now. There's one near my house that I go through every morning because it takes so long and its 5am so theres no traffic.
ooooohhh, I just got why you were saying bad Geoff, lol. For me the picture was showing up there, but now that I went on later it says the article was stolen, lol. Gotcha :P
some people use that to trick the light into changing for them. I don't know that you still can but it used to be you could flash your high beams a few times and the light would change, around here they also have a white light that flashes so someone deaf can still know what's going on.
geoff, you are right on the button. some sensors are so sensitive that at night you can change the light to green just by flashing your brights. i'm not sure the distance factor or the strobe count you need to do so but i have heard that it is very possible. at least thats what the guys at the fire station have told me....
geoff, you are right on the button. some sensors are so sensitive that at night you can change the light to green just by flashing your brights. i'm not sure the distance factor or the strobe count you need to do so but i have heard that it is very possible. at least thats what the guys at the fire station have told me....
I've read that most of those sensors read both 10Hz and 14Hz IR beams. I saw a video where a guy used a remote control, but I dont know if that really worked or not.
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