"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
08/05/2015 at 02:21 • Filed to: None
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"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
08/05/2015 at 02:21 • Filed to: None | 1
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The sad thing is, we went away from the simple red-and-green setup to having a signal where it’s also a homeland security device with a gunshot detector - you can even program visibility to limit where a light could be seen.
My, how 100 years have changed.
Edit: One more complaint about limited visibility, and I’m setting an E36 M3 on fire.
Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
08/05/2015 at 03:21 |
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Thanks for explaining the visability problem to me. There’s this one light near my house across from a high school that unless you’re like one car length away from the light, it’s like the light is off. And I hate it.
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Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
08/05/2015 at 03:26 |
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The thing is, it works in a number of situations where two roads don’t usually meet at 90* angles.
I really shouldn’t have to clench and hope that the car in the road next to me thinks he has a green light.
PushToStart
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
08/05/2015 at 03:52 |
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Wait, gunshot detector? Explain?
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Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> PushToStart
08/05/2015 at 03:54 |
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The first major sensor outside the cameras was the gunshot detector, developed for OptiSoft by Planning Systems Incorporated of Virginia. Housed inside the signal head, these sensors detected short-burst sounds at specific frequencies: gunshots.
OptiSoft received some media attention for the innovation at stations in Washington DC. The developers of the sensors stated the unit could decipher between gunshots and other loud burst noises like firecrackers. It is not known how well the gunshot sensors worked, or if they worked as advertised at all.
tl;dr, it’s basically a sensor where it’ll detect and record the moment a gunshot was fired, something regular, soundless cameras tend to miss.
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PushToStart
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
08/05/2015 at 04:23 |
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Well I had an understanding of what a gunshot detector was based off of the name, but I had no idea they were put in traffic light housings... Interesting.
AthomSfere
> PushToStart
08/05/2015 at 07:27 |
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We have them here:
And all accounts I have seen is that it has been beneficial not only in finding where a shot was but also as a deterrent overall.