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Ropes across roads?

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  • 01-11-2010 1:37pm
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    ButtonyBoo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭


    Yesterday while out driving around I noticed some taut black ropes running across some roads, they seem to be attached to some kind of box. There's one on Wilton Road and one on the Ballincollig Bypass.

    Does anyone know what these are?


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    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Traffic counters I think


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    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    It's probably for measuring the volume of traffic that passes that area, generally there's 2 ropes, a clock in and out system that registers when something rolls over them.


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    ButtonyBoo
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭ButtonyBoo


    Yup that sounds like what they were.
    Once they weren't speed cameras :D


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    deRanged
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    they're out around Dunkettle too.


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    dapto1
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭dapto1


    coyote.jpg


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    -Corkie-
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    They are for the NRA.

    http://nraextra.nra.ie/CurrentTrafficCounterData/html/N08-4A.htm


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    ddubs
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭ddubs


    yup they are little pneumatic tubes, when a tire goes down on it the increase in pressure sends a pulse back to the box to count the number of axles


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    Funsterdelux
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    How about the cameras, very temporary looking ones traffic lights around Mahon?


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    Owen
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    Spotted the same ones at the Poulavone Roundabout coming into Ballincollig. Temporary poles with what looks like CCTV cameras on the top, and all the wires leading to a black box about the size of a portable TV lying on the ground. Weird.


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    ddubs
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭ddubs


    yeah they are video cameras afaik to allow turning movement counts and to allow for vehicle classifications. Some poor sod has to watch all that footage back


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    deRanged
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    PaintDoctor wrote: »
    Spotted the same ones at the Poulavone Roundabout coming into Ballincollig. Temporary poles with what looks like CCTV cameras on the top, and all the wires leading to a black box about the size of a portable TV lying on the ground. Weird.

    that's interesting - I've not seen ones like that. I must keep an eye out for them.


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    MunsterCycling
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    One on the on ramp from Little Island to the N25 heading East, wonder how they expect them to stay there...


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    deRanged
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    we're very law abiding out here - it'll be fine. I'll go have a look if it survives till the weekend. :)


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    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Mmmmmm


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    #16
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    I'm doing a special price on cctv next week, camera's recording equipment the lot!

    :P


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