[DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy

Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
Fri Oct 26 09:56:54 EDT 2012


Yes, I know.

When I first heard about this toll road, I thought it was a bypass loop
around Austin.  It is sort of, but it goes all the way south to I-10.  It
loops around to the northwest side of Austin.

And then a week later, I visited some land that we inherited in Seguin, TX.
It happens to be about 2 miles from where the toll road terminates by I-10.
I was talking to the locals and they were going on and on about how this
cuts their trip to Austin from 2 hours to 30 minutes.  It is short enough to
make commuting feasible, plus they can go to Texas A&M and UT games easier.

So, the promotion is good, I think.  I'm just saying they knew it was a
promotion and they knew the equipment would work.

Regarding loops and motorcycles, I know we talked about this at work several
years ago, but I don't remember the outcome.  The loops detect motorcycles,
but it depends on how they are tuned.  The engineers have to tune the
readers to decide when a signal means there is a car present.  So, if a loop
isn't detecting a motorcycle, maybe it just needs to be tuned.  False reads
sometimes occur from tow hitches/chains/etc.  The cool readers can detect
how many wheels are present, and they're also pretty good at distinguishing
between duallys and singlys.


From:  scott black <timepiecepr2 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To:  scott black <timepiecepr2 at yahoo.com>
Date:  Friday, October 26, 2012 8:48 AM
To:  Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>, Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net>,
Michael Frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>, Pantera List <detomaso at realbig.com>
Subject:  Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy

And the publicity stunt worked....

Scott Black
TimePiece Public Relations & Marketing
Marketing Acceleration
www.tprm-usa.com
  
 
 
  

  From: Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
 To: Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net>; michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>;
pantera list <detomaso at realbig.com>
 Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas Hwy
  
 
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.
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>Jim Gray
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>To: pantera list <detomaso at realbig.com>
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