Hold the red: innovative technology reducing the risk of crashes at signalized intersections
Keywords: Enforcement Technologies, Intersections and Roundabouts, Speed, Speeding & Travel Speeds, Speed Cameras
ACRS
Submission Date: 2019
Abstract
Crashes at signalised intersections caused by motorists disobeying red light signals carry elevated risks of serious injury or fatalities. In an Australian first, the Department of Transport and Main Roads and the Queensland Police Service are conducting a trial of innovative crashavoidance radar-based technology at several intersections across Queensland which monitors vehicle speeds approaching an intersection, predicts when a vehicle will run a red light and then extends the opposing red lights to prevent vehicles and pedestrians from entering the intersection, lowering the chance of a crash while still issuing infringement notices to the offender.