March 25, 2009 at 11:18Road Signs 2.0
This article will focus on a new generation of road signs.
The idea was taken from one of the Citroen cars, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. I was interested in the only detail in the car - an electronic display of the type used on fighters and helicopters (for those who are not in the topic: this is a special glass that displays information about the state of the aircraft). So, Citroen made such a sign in the car so as not to distract the driver from the road, so that the driver does not look from the road to the instruments and back.
It looks like this.
Or even so - by designing on glass
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The idea came to me that in addition to basic information about the state of the car (current speed, current transmission .....), you can place the main road signs. For example, Direction signs of the main road, signs of Speed limits, as well as Warning signs.
Many will ask, “Why?” “For what?” The answer lies in my personal experience.
I got the rights a year ago and at first, like everyone else, I was an absolute teapot. More than half of the signs naturally did not notice at first, except for the main signs. In a year, I got rid of most problems, but new ones appeared. For example, when I drive along a wide road in 3-4 rows, it is very difficult to keep track of the signs. Plus, in order to look at the signs you need to turn your eyes to a fairly large angle, and then back again. It seems to be a second, but much can happen on the road in a second - from the release of a huge amount of adrenaline due to an almost collision due to the fact that he did not notice that a neighbor in the row started rebuilding, before the death.
Or another example: in small towns sometimes there is not enough parking space in the yards and drivers leave their cars on the road. If a parked car is a passenger car, then everything is normal - moving to the left of it you can freely read all the signs, but if it's a tall truck, then naturally you won’t see a nifiga.
In general, the target audience is drivers with an experience of <4-5 years.
And now about the technical implementation.
Machine:
Requires the presence of such a display, a receiver (apparently this is some kind of processor) and power supply.
Sign:
Naturally, the presence of the sign itself is required, which will have in its support a transmitter that sends information about the sign to the car. Naturally, such a transmitter needs to be powered. It will be powered by a solar battery mounted on top of the support in its section (from looters and the like).
This is my first article on Habré, so please do not judge strictly.
UPD: Many thanks to pa100r for karma and help in publishing this article.
The idea was taken from one of the Citroen cars, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. I was interested in the only detail in the car - an electronic display of the type used on fighters and helicopters (for those who are not in the topic: this is a special glass that displays information about the state of the aircraft). So, Citroen made such a sign in the car so as not to distract the driver from the road, so that the driver does not look from the road to the instruments and back.
It looks like this.
Or even so - by designing on glass
.The idea came to me that in addition to basic information about the state of the car (current speed, current transmission .....), you can place the main road signs. For example, Direction signs of the main road, signs of Speed limits, as well as Warning signs.
Many will ask, “Why?” “For what?” The answer lies in my personal experience.
I got the rights a year ago and at first, like everyone else, I was an absolute teapot. More than half of the signs naturally did not notice at first, except for the main signs. In a year, I got rid of most problems, but new ones appeared. For example, when I drive along a wide road in 3-4 rows, it is very difficult to keep track of the signs. Plus, in order to look at the signs you need to turn your eyes to a fairly large angle, and then back again. It seems to be a second, but much can happen on the road in a second - from the release of a huge amount of adrenaline due to an almost collision due to the fact that he did not notice that a neighbor in the row started rebuilding, before the death.
Or another example: in small towns sometimes there is not enough parking space in the yards and drivers leave their cars on the road. If a parked car is a passenger car, then everything is normal - moving to the left of it you can freely read all the signs, but if it's a tall truck, then naturally you won’t see a nifiga.
In general, the target audience is drivers with an experience of <4-5 years.
And now about the technical implementation.
Machine:
Requires the presence of such a display, a receiver (apparently this is some kind of processor) and power supply.
Sign:
Naturally, the presence of the sign itself is required, which will have in its support a transmitter that sends information about the sign to the car. Naturally, such a transmitter needs to be powered. It will be powered by a solar battery mounted on top of the support in its section (from looters and the like).
This is my first article on Habré, so please do not judge strictly.
UPD: Many thanks to pa100r for karma and help in publishing this article.