[DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy
Mike Thomas
mbefthomas at comcast.net
Fri Oct 26 08:42:54 EDT 2012
Yes, unless you have a flux capacitor on board . . .
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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Rob Dumoulin
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:24 PM
To: Will Kooiman
Cc: pantera list
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy
Will States: *"You can't outrun the speed of light."*
299,792,458 Meters/Second is not just a good idea, it's the law
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>wrote:
> Another publicity stunt. You can't outrun the speed of light.
>
> Most lanes have 2 commands - "trigger" and "save". The loops in the
> road tell the equipment how fast the vehicle is traveling, and then it
> is simple math to determine which frame to "trigger". Later on, the
> equipment decides if the vehicle has a valid transponder. If the
> vehicle is a "violator", the lane equipment tells the camera to "save"
> the image for processing.
>
> As long as the equipment is working properly, it will catch vehicles
> over 1,000 mph. At that speed, you're flying low, but the loops will
> probably still read. It is based on having a large metallic mass near the
loops.
> The wheels don't have to be touching the road.
>
> Or, they might be using laser triggers, but most authorities use loops
> cut in the pavement. They are cheaper and more reliable.
>
> The equipment that reads the transponders was initially rated at
> something like 35mph. When the business started moving towards high
> speed lanes (no gates), everyone had to deal with the speed of the
> readers. They get around the limitation by oversampling. The
> equipment assigns tolls to vehicles based on the handshake count. If
> the loops say that a vehicle is in lane 1 and the handshake count for
> lane 1 is highest for tag#1, that's who gets the toll - even if the
> vehicle is really in lane 5, unless the reader in lane 5 has a higher
> handshake count for tag#1, and then it <should> only be assigned to lane
5, but sometimes it gets assigned twice.
> We solved this by using one controller for lanes 1-5. Many roads
> have a different controller for each lane. Duplicates are thrown out
> in the back office, including duplicates where it charged the picture
> and the transponder. That's why it is important to keep your license
> plate up to date in your account.
>
> Sorry for rambling. I'm making up for the quietness on the list.
>
> My point is they knew well before the test that the toll equipment
> would "catch" the Cadillac. They are trying to promote the toll road,
> plus they are emphasizing that you can't get away without paying, even
> if you go over 200mph.
>
>
> On 10/25/12 3:36 PM, "Jim Gray" <grayjim at att.net> wrote:
>
> >It just proves my Pantera needs more gears! Oh, and triple the
> >horsepower.
> >
> >Jim Gray
> >
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> >----- Original Message ----
> >From: michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>
> >To: pantera list <detomaso at realbig.com>
> >Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 2:50:11 PM
> >Subject: [DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy
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> >
> >FWIW...
> >Michael
> >Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
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> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/25/car-hits-220-mph-on-new-texa
> s-hi
> >ghway/?intcmp=features
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