Keep drivers informed and safe
Canoga traffic sensing systems can help save lives at dangerous intersections when paired with a notification system.
Driver warning systems — such as the Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) — have helped reduce deadly collisions by alerting drivers of approaching traffic at intersections. The detector card sends a signal to a traffic controller, which triggers a set of flashing lights and a warning sign.
Time-to-destination systems are becoming increasingly common, notifying drivers with a variable message sign that estimates the time to a specific upcoming point on a highway. The underlying detection system is the engine from which this information is derived. Other driver warning system examples include wrong-way detection, intersection conflict warning and parking notifications.
In addition to citizen notification and warning, detection is frequently used for facilitating communications to traffic management centers. Detection can be used to warn traffic center personnel of unusual levels of speed, occupancy or congestion at various points along the freeway systems to help assess whether there is an incident that needs to be managed.