No trap, just cardboard. Over the years, we have seen different countries conduct strategic actions to ensure that vehicle drivers comply with road safety regulations and above all, keep your speed below the limits marked on the roads.
In fact, in Spain we have a system that uses empty radars. Yes, Radars are installed along roads and highways, which may not have a camera inside, to record and report various violations.. The way they work is that, thanks to good markings, vehicles slow down when they pass by.
In countries like Japan or Turkey, this approach is taken even further and, that is, they use cardboard models of police cars so that the cars feel the presence of power and, logically, be much more respectful in respect of road safety rules, at least on the part of the path on which the vehicle appears.
New in Spain 💥 Civil Guard uses cardboard patrol car to deter speeding drivers#Happy Saturday pic.twitter.com/BTGOLPVBnk
— Social Drive (@SocialDrive_es) May 14, 2022
Although both countries are a bit far from us, now the Civil Guard has decided to use the same model in Spain. The truth is it took us all by surprise, but Thanks to the publication of a video from the Social Drive account on Twitter, we learned about this event..
The video shows that the cardboard model is very realistic both in size and color. He even managed to reproduce the brightness of the LED lights on the roof of these cars.. Actually, this was done by implementing what looks like an LED matrix along with a battery to power them.
The way the vehicle is placed on the road is done very carefully so that the perspective plays in its favor. What we can see is that it is located on the side of the pavement so that the left side of the car is visible and with a certain tendency to give maximum depth to an almost flat object.
In addition, the video shows that if the road has two lanes, a series of cones are placed in the area where this realistic model is placed to make the road a single lane. It’s quite interesting and we’ll have to wait to see if it works correctly at a general level on our border roads..
UPDATE 17.05.22 16.30.-
It seems that the video that went viral on social media is not true And the thing is, according to several body sources and consulted by Huffpost, the video is not true. The Civil Guard indicates that it can be controlled by a computer.
For now, we need to be vigilant and see if the security authority launches a statement on their social media. the video that went viral on social media is not true And the thing is, according to several body sources and consulted by Huffpost, the video is not true.
The body of the civil guard indicates that it can be manipulated by a computer. For now, we need to be vigilant and see if the security authority launches a statement on their social media.
Source: Computer Hoy
