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09-17-2009, 08:29 PM
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Quick summary, I'm in Queens now for school. Near my apartment, there is a rubber strip that goes across the road attached to a little box with a solar panel on top. It is labeled NYDOT I believe. What is it?
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09-17-2009, 08:44 PM
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Car counter?
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09-17-2009, 08:54 PM
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yup most likely a car counter
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09-17-2009, 09:23 PM
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that, or my township set one up right in front of my house.
There were two of those strips used to determine speed (seen them measure the distance between every few days), and the number of cars going down my street.
When the cops came by after my truck was "broken into", we asked when the hell they were getting rid of it. It was annoying cause I heard :THUD THUD ... THUD THUD:: twenty four hours a day.
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09-17-2009, 11:21 PM
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ya car counter
for NY Department Of Transportation...
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09-18-2009, 02:18 PM
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why are they counting cars? just surveying? it seems useless for a residential area
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Except Jersey mike, great kid, but the way he looks at me makes me feel like im in danger
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Last edited by qwikz28; 09-18-2009 at 02:19 PM.
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09-18-2009, 04:37 PM
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why are they counting cars? just surveying? it seems useless for a residential area
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they use it to determine avg traffic flows, based on that data they can setup stop signs and traffic lights in areas of high flow or congestion to create a better flow of traffic.
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09-18-2009, 07:44 PM
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allllll correct
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09-20-2009, 10:07 AM
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interesting.... they better not be adding any extra stop signs or traffic lights. there is certainly no need for that.
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Except Jersey mike, great kid, but the way he looks at me makes me feel like im in danger
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