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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3956649" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Clint,</p><p></p><p>The work is done for the DOT of each state. The data gives them an idea of how wide cracks in the road may be, where potholes might be, and the three forward facing cameras give them an idea of the condition of the roadway in front, signs, guard rails, rumble strips, or anything else that they want to check on. Other sensors on the rear rack take images of the actual surface of the roadway, and accelerometers give us data on how rough the roads may be.</p><p></p><p>At last year's company meeting, we learned of a couple of other things that we can do to help the DOT's. After we have collected the data, our analysts can "virtually" drive the roads, which would let them check for things the DOT have an interest in. For instance, if they are planning on resurfacing say 10 miles of road, they want to know how many driveways are intersecting with the road for those 10 miles. Our people can drive that virtually and count the driveways, which would allow the DOT to estimate how much extra asphalt they might need to make the transitions.</p><p></p><p>One state had bought some new guard rails, but found that if a vehicle hit the end of the guardrail, it would basically "split" the automobile. They gave the company the descriptions of what to look for on those guard rails, so again our analysts drove the roads virtually and counted those so the DOT could replace them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3956649, member: 7900"] Clint, The work is done for the DOT of each state. The data gives them an idea of how wide cracks in the road may be, where potholes might be, and the three forward facing cameras give them an idea of the condition of the roadway in front, signs, guard rails, rumble strips, or anything else that they want to check on. Other sensors on the rear rack take images of the actual surface of the roadway, and accelerometers give us data on how rough the roads may be. At last year's company meeting, we learned of a couple of other things that we can do to help the DOT's. After we have collected the data, our analysts can "virtually" drive the roads, which would let them check for things the DOT have an interest in. For instance, if they are planning on resurfacing say 10 miles of road, they want to know how many driveways are intersecting with the road for those 10 miles. Our people can drive that virtually and count the driveways, which would allow the DOT to estimate how much extra asphalt they might need to make the transitions. One state had bought some new guard rails, but found that if a vehicle hit the end of the guardrail, it would basically "split" the automobile. They gave the company the descriptions of what to look for on those guard rails, so again our analysts drove the roads virtually and counted those so the DOT could replace them. [/QUOTE]
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