Help please lads.

smashey

Hey all, I'm looking for a bit of help. After a pre planning meeting recently, the local authority (you can guess which one ) asked us to do a traffic count adjacent to our proposed site. We need to get one of those counters where the two rubber strips are nailed to the road, with the box chained to a pole/post. We have tried all the hire shops here and I have used the golden pages and google to no avail. So if anybody knows where they can be got, either to hire or possibly purchase, I would be grateful if you could let me know.

Oh and please indicate on thread if you can help and pm me the details.

Many thanks.

sinnerboy

I will pm you tomorrow with details of consultants we used used last year

smashey

sinnerboy wrote: »

I will pm you tomorrow with details of consultants we used used last year

Thanks sinnerboy.

Can't we just get a box and do it ourselves or is the box linked to a special software package?

sinnerboy

Don't know smashey .... we "subbed" it out

muffler

Could you locate one on another road and nick it Or maybe even get the boss to allow you sit out there in the car for a couple of days and just count the cars yourself.

Seriously though I will make a couple of inquires and see what i can come up with

sinnerboy

PM sent smashey

sesswhat

As a matter of interest, if you do it yourself who is going to verify the results?

smashey

sesswhat wrote: »

As a matter of interest, if you do it yourself who is going to verify the results?

Me.

They'll take our word for it.

bakerbhoy

Did you try the NRA ,they presumably do this type of monitoring all the time.

Mellor

I believe (could easily be wrong),
that the NRA do this monitoring on much larger roads and higher volumes of traffic,
because of this they use photo-counters as opposed to pressure counters. They are little small camera like boxes that are suspended above the road. People often mistake them for speed cameras or CCTV

10-10-20

No, I think you have to do it using the pressure sensing devices as those overhead lane cameras are a fixed feature.

Mellor

Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that Smashy use the cameras, i was saying that the NRA use the camera and not the pressure sensors AFAIK, so they might not be a possible source. Although they might have an old pair they will lend out, worth a shot at least.