[LINK] Creating safer self-driving e-vehicle road lanes?

[Marghanita da Cruz]

I think QLD tested the pedestrian crossing sensors. May be  better if 
defaults to pedestrian crossing and cars trigger change - that way 
drivers would be prepared to stop.

The beg buttons were turned off. Advertised as being for COVID - but 
they turned off long before so as not to hold up cars.

> The SCATS system is owned by the Australian 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> state of New South Wales 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales>, whose state capital 
> is Sydney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney>. In December 2019, 
> Transport for NSW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_for_NSW>, 
> the transport and road agency in New South Wales, began to look into 
> commercialising the SCATS system.^[1] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Coordinated_Adaptive_Traffic_System#cite_note-1> 
>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Coordinated_Adaptive_Traffic_System

Marghanita

On 28/9/22 13:28, Harry McNally wrote:
> There's an idea for LIDAR or a vision system observing from within 
> pedestrian crossing button boxes that detects stationary or pedestrian 
> speed objects in the crossing zone. The options for the traffic lights 
> are to transition to red until the pedestrian (or wildlife) clears or 
> flash the orange light to alert drivers. Manufacturing scale for new 
> vehicles must reduce the technology cost.
>
> The buttons in WA are getting contact free IR sensors (because COVID I 
> think) so there is potential for a smarter pedestrian buttons.
>
> On 28/9/22 10:38, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> Interesting Harry,
>>
>> It was the crossing points which I think we could do with better 
>> lighting for pedestrian safety and drivers to take caution. Even 
>> pedestrians at traffic lights are very poorly lit.
>>
>> One little factoid is that the Annandale Borough argued the lights 
>> would be on every night when the switch from gas to electricity 
>> occurred. Gas lights were not turned on during a full moon and in 
>> those days they were probably more for pedestrians and there were 
>> less private vehicles. The Annandale Town Clerk - Golden Hinsby was 
>> killed by a driver while crossing Parramatta Road.
>>
>> Marghanita
>>
>> On 28/9/22 10:50, Harry McNally wrote:
>>> Hi Marghanita
>>>
>>> I wondered for a while about the opposite of RayBans call 
>>> NightBrites(tm) so even pedestrians don't need street lights. Energy 
>>> saved, no poles to crash into, light pollution avoided, happy 
>>> astronomers and wildlife.
>>>
>>> On 28/9/22 08:27, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>>> It would be good if street lights were no longer needed to light up 
>>>> the road (for cars) but were focussed on pedestrian safety instead.
>>>>
>>>> On 28/9/22 07:53, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>>>> On 24/9/22 20:09, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hopes glow-in-the-dark roads could reduce road toll in rural 
>>>>>> Victoria
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ABC Gippsland / By Natasha Schapova Thursday 22 Sep 2022 ...
>>>>>
>>>>> And cars with night vision head-up displays? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> More seriously, onboard driver aids which check the driver is 
>>>>> paying attention would be far more effective. ANU spinoff Seeing 
>>>>> Machines make a device to check the driver is looking out the 
>>>>> window. This is now installed in some up-market cars: 
>>>>> https://blog.tomw.net.au/2017/12/canberra-start-up-overnight-success.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Other aids which steer cars around bends have shown their worth. 
>>>>> https://www.drive.com.au/news/lane-keeping-assist-could-be-compulsory-in-australia/ 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mercedes actually made an infrared camera equipped car, but of 
>>>>> questionable value: 
>>>>> https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/39300/night-vision-mercedes
>>>>>
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