4 ms·
I was working on project to provide telematics data to local councils from a well known UK car manufacturer. We could detect pot holes, and poor traction areas
by tomaytotomato 2y ago
I was working on project to provide telematics data to local councils from a well known UK car manufacturer.
We could detect pot holes, and poor traction areas of roads through ABS and other sensors on the car. From this we could generate a heatmap of bad areas with potholes.
The idea was good but I think the councils it was shown to weren't interested, it was a sort of shrug we won't fix them anyways. So why pay money for information we won't act upon.
Random tangent - here is a video of Arnold Schwarzenegger fixing a pothole (properly/improperly) in his neighbourhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqUtKQaJFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqUtKQaJFk
- mschuster91 2y ago> Random tangent - here is a video of Arnold Schwarzenegger fixing a pothole (properly/improperly) in his neighbourhood Coming from a bit of construction history, it isn't bad work per se (they did use sand on top and a straightening tool), but it isn't up to (German) code either - no compactor in sight and no seam adhesive either. The pothole will re-open rather sooner than later.
- batushka5 2y agoFrost free zone, they can enjoy unsealed edges.
- mschuster91 2y agoThe sealant isn't just for water ingress protection but also to have no hard edges that car tires will eventually snatch upon and erode the edges. Using a compactor makes it less likely if done well as well.
- steve_gh 2y agoNot so much that they won't fix them - they don't have the money to fix them