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Box on speed sign chained on

  • 01-06-2016 05:41PM
    #1
    vicwatson
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    I see a box on an 80 kmh sign every now and then it's put on, always the same sign, it's attached to the pole and has a padlock and chain around it also.

    It has two front panels that have key access, any ideas as to what it is?


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  • #2
    Crunchienut
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    Traffic counter maybe. Often see them chained to poles, some have 2 cables stretched across the road that I think act as pressure switches to count the number of vehicles that pass over them


  • #3
    colm_mcm
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    Probably something like a Jamar radar recorder, for monitoring speed and traffic volume.

    M-JAMAR-photo-3.jpg


  • #4
    vicwatson
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    Crunchienut wrote: »
    Traffic counter maybe. Often see them chained to poles, some have 2 cables stretched across the road that I think act as pressure switches to count the number of vehicles that pass over them

    I know those but no cables across the road surface
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Probably something like a Jamar radar recorder, for monitoring speed and traffic volume.

    M-JAMAR-photo-3.jpg

    And what is it exactly they might be monitoring ? Is it for road improvement


  • #5
    fancy pigeon
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Crunchienut wrote: »
    Traffic counter maybe. Often see them chained to poles, some have 2 cables stretched across the road that I think act as pressure switches to count the number of vehicles that pass over them

    I know those but no cables across the road surface
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Probably something like a Jamar radar recorder, for monitoring speed and traffic volume.

    M-JAMAR-photo-3.jpg

    And what is it exactly they might be monitoring ? Is it for road improvement

    Its the Illuminati and FBI watching you fart as you drive by

    Break out the tinfoil hat :eek:


  • #6
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    fancy pigeon wrote: »
    Its the Illuminati and FBI watching you fart as you drive by

    Break out the tinfoil hat :eek:

    Contribution of the day, take a bow you.


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    vicwatson wrote: »
    I know those but no cables across the road surface



    And what is it exactly they might be monitoring ? Is it for road improvement

    Well there's no camera, just a radar behind the cover, so it's not for surveylance or enforcement,
    Far as I know they use it to monitor actual speed of traffic to see if more enforcement is needed.


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