B365 – VIDEO | Probably the first victim of the smart limiter from Snagov is a car, which looks like it came out a little wrinkled from the encounter with the stop

An accident occurred near the smart speed limiter installed in Snagov. The new device has sensors mounted in the asphalt, which detect vehicles exceeding the legal speed around the pedestrian crossing. When speeding is exceeded, the limiter goes up, and when drivers slow down, it goes down.

Images of the crushed car appeared on social networks, and drivers suspected that the traffic event was caused by this new device.

UPDATE: The Ilfov Police Inspectorate transmits, through a press release, that the accident occurred due to the speed with which the driver traveled in the pre-signaling area:

On May 8, at around 5:09 a.m., in the area where a DJ 101B intelligent speed limiter is installed, at km 23 + 450 from the town of Ghermănești, a road event occurred, resulting in material damage, context in who, a 48-year-old driver, would not have adapted the speed to the road conditions, a circumstance in which he entered the separating poles in the pre-signaling and delimitation area of ​​the directions of travel, and later with a road sign on the sidewalk . The man was tested with the alcohol test device, the result being negative. In the case, the traffic police from Snagov imposed a contraventional sanction against the respective man according to GEO 195/2002 with a fine of 990 lei.

UPDATE: Surveillance cameras near the smart speed limiter captured the moment the driver crashes from the street where it was installed and stops at a sign.

An accident occurred near the new smart speed limiter in Snagov

A member of the “Info Trafic București și Ilfov” community, a Facebook group managed by Info Trafic Romania, published the following video, in which a car can be seen crushed and parked on the sidewalk, right next to the new smart speed limiter in Snagov:

Crushed car in Snagov | Video source: Traffic Info Bucharest and Ilfov – Facebook

The drivers’ suspicion would be that the accident occurred because of the new device, but later, images appeared of the moment when the driver seems to have lost control of the car.

The smart speed limiter is a pilot project

The bumper was recently installed and, according to Pro Tv News, drivers are warned to follow this speed limiter from more than 150 meters.

The device, when it detects a speed greater than 30 kilometers per hour, rises to 6 centimeters. It goes down if drivers fall within this limit.

• Driver: “I now saw when the motorcycle passed me, that it raised up and dropped down. So it’s based on speed. Very good, that’s a good thing especially here at school.”

At the same time, pedestrians have a button they press when they want to cross the street safely, and the limiter rises.

Mihai Anghel, the mayor of Snagov commune, stated the following:

There is a “Caution, pedestrian crossing” area on the roadway. A sensor is mounted in the asphalt exactly there. If it respects the speed, forget it respects it, lights up green, starts to lower the bumper, the traffic participant passes without any problem. Someone came at a very high speed, even with a jeep and than ran over him, it’s really not ok for the car, but the car kept its normal trajectory.

This technology comes from Mexico. It was brought to Europe by a Romanian. The installation of the intelligent speed limiter in one direction would entail a cost of 130,000 lei. The device in Ghermanesti was installed free of charge, as part of a pilot project.

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