Incredible Road Technologies That Are Insanely Cool
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Responsive pedestrian crosswalks, patches for highways and water-absorbing asphalt: in this selection you will find some of today's most interesting and advanced road technologies! *** / @incredible-qq2zi / @behindthebage
that bump in the first clip seems really cool, especially when theres an ambulance speeding carrying a dying patient and then gets flung feet in the air after a speed bump randomly appears. seems super safe👍
Their traffic light remote works on the speed bump too
The ambulance traffic thing has already existed in some cities/states for quite a while now. I remember there was a story in my hometown where a guy hated his commute in the morning because of all the traffic and he figured out that if he programmed a universal remote with the code 911 he was able to point it at the traffic lights and get them to turn green with the volume up button. It took the authorities a while to catch on to it but they eventually threw the book at him and changed the codes to something a little less obvious
Yeah, we had that system at a lot of intersections here in Portland, but I don't think they work anymore.
I'd never heard about the guy with the remote, that's an awesome hack. I know different systems have been around before the Opticom systems of today. There was even a time that (it's no myth) you could flash your high beams rapidly and if you were lucky enough to match the right flash rate you could trigger the system, but it's a bit obvious. Still, the remote idea was really innovative. :)
Yep, my city has had it for years. Although my police force in my city use it just to not stop at red lights even if they aren't going to an emergency....
This thing is call traffic signal preemption. This will immediately terminate all other phases. 40+ years ago it was an optical system still in use in many cities. About 30+ years ago many radio (UHF) systems were installed. About 20 years ago many cities started migrating to Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) as well as 4G and last few years 5G. So its been around the world for many years. Not to be confused with Signal Priority, used on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), light rail and other non-emergency uses. This will instead of jumping to the emergency phase, either hold the green, or shorten other greens in order to give priority to mass transit. I am aware of the Ford project, but to be honest I think they are trying to get priority for their own cars and using the "emergency" use in an "exciting" PR way to get involved in the traffic signals. I think its unlikely to succeed, but lets see.
I wanna know how they caught the guy. That seems impossible.
4:30 That idea is ludicrous. All those blinking lights and graphics appearing on the road will be confusing and probably cause more accidents than they will prevent.
Correct! This is idiotic. But we have pedestrian paths, cycle paths and car roads where the illumination 'follows' the user, not by switching on, but where the user is, it is brighter, and it slowly goes down to a minimum when there is nobody.
The faster the speed, the more road ahead is lit.
Energy efficient and better for wild life around these roads.
I'm at the 9 minute point with the blinking lights and they already exist. I was in Mexico last week and experienced them and I have never felt so disoriented when driving.
@@Bill-ek6ew IKR! I mean can we just stick with road signs as they are and not create new crap out of no where displayed in ways that we never see... This all just seem so unnecessary.
*Porous asphalt has been the standard for highways in the Netherlands since 2005. I don't know if the water holding capacity is as great as the British product but it is big enough to prevent aquaplaning even in heavy rain.*
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@Solitaryconfinement both words are correct!
@@ibubezi7685 that's your own asphalt.
What a great concept I wish we could have it down in Australia
I so wish we could use this in the US Midwest, but our heavy snowfall/ice, the equipment/chemicals we use to clear it, and extreme temperatures ( -40 C to 40 C) has found not to work well with porous materials.
*These incredible road technologies are revolutionizing the way we travel! I'm amazed by the creativity and engineering behind them. The self-healing concrete and solar panels on the road are particularly fascinating. Can't wait to see what the future holds for our roads* 🥰🥰
How well with that water absorbing asphalt do when it gets a lot of melting snow and then it suddenly drops below freezing?
Good question
Just check the Dutch DOT: Rijkswaterstaat
Look for ZOAB (Zeer Open Asfalt Beton) (Eng: Very Open Asphalt Concrete)
Has been in use for decades now. Requires a little more maintenance but the advantages are enormous, both in aquaplaning and tire sound reduction.
If you switch from a 'normal' road onto a ZOAB road you are immediately wondering what is missing; car noise! Not only for the car but also for the people who live near that road. You can hear birds instead of an Indy car circuit.
Simple: the water freezes, expands, cracks and demolishes the asphalt, creating holes in the road, ultimately damaging vehicules.
@@onemanarmyoma0155 Ah, ok. I'm not crazy. This does seem like a terrible idea.
@@did_I_hurt_you_feefees so they implemented water permeable concrete in MN, we get well below freezing... talking -40 or 50 and after 6 years still no major issues besides usual wear and tear.
Not sure the science of it. They may have to run sewers underneath to act as warming elements, but it still does the job. Not sure under higher stress of vehicles either, but the parking lots I have seen testing asphalt have no major issues after 2 years (?)
A lot of these sound like great ideas, but I worry about maintenance and wear-and-tear. Don't get me wrong: I'm glad people are working on new ideas, but "cheaper to install" often means "more expensive to maintain" in the long run.
They also seem to not be thinking about the practicality of the technology in every day use. That responsive crosswalk stuff for instance. How do you think people are going to react to sudden changes in the graphics on a road? Sudden blinking lights, red patterns, etc. I've seen people lose it with just a few orange barrels where they aren't expecting them...that will cause more accidents than it will prevent.
Good idea on the drawing board, bad in real life.
Several of these ideas won't work here in Canada which has frequent freezes and snow that covers the roads inches deep.
@@did_I_hurt_you_feefees Heck, just wait until there is a inch or two of snow and ice hardpacked onto the surface.
Yeah, that pothole patching system looked like it made a pretty sad patch.
Some of these already exist and are used quite a lot, most are totally impractical or cost prohibitive or have huge flaws. The best one that I haven't seen done is the speed bumps that raise depending on the speed.
Those freeway lights would give me a panic attack lol
I couldn't drive on that road at night, the flashing lights are too distracting. It also looks like it's a trigger for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Why can't they just make it glow softly?
Extremely idiotic, in the Netherlands we have illumination that 'follows' a pedestrian, cyclist or car, so the road is sufficiently lit where and when they pass.
If there is nobody, lights go dim slowly until only faint lighting remains.
And absolutely not necessary. Just use reflective paint. No extra maintenance required, no distraction.
Same bro!!!
Or a seizure if you have epilepsy
I would like to point out that the "patch" that they're putting on the road around 5:27 is literally just ice and water shield, which is a waterproofing layer used in roofing.
6:10 The Porous Road system in the UK, though not implemented beyond some experimental stages, was proven to be unworkable. They proved to be unreliable in the event of low level flooding points where the water HAD no where else to go, debris clogging the ‘natural’ water channels, and was ripped up far easier by freezing/melting conditions and heavy traffic.
Which is a pity, as it is being used in some parts of Europe.
This material is best used in cases where drainage is implemented beneath the surface. For example, in car parks water can be collected in a tank as the water often contains pollutants. In the cases of roads, it's all about water management. The technology itself and similar ones are an excellent idea 👌
You do know all dutch highway roads already have had this for 15 years? Rain get's absorbed instantly, not a single splash. This road has not been created by the brits. It's a dutch creation.
@@Nimac91
I never said it was a UK creation. I also never said it wasn’t being used across Europe.
I said it is unworkable in the UK, the reason I said it is unworkable in the UK is because the drainage system in this road would be defeated by low level flooding in the UK, a vehicle on fire, ice formation, debris, and trucks, which let’s face it, damage even non porous roads.
Had it as part of my company’s parking lot. Completely inefficient in cold weather with ice and snow. Couldn’t plow the snow and the ice did a number on it. A warm weather option only.
@8:30 We already have this in Minnesota. The preferred system in Minnesota is the Opticom system. Not only does this system give emergency service vehicles 'traffic priority', they're also integrated with rail systems to clear out possible backups before a train approaches the crossing, and even in our Minneapolis Metro transit busses to give them a little higher priority than normal traffic. "Falling in the wrong hands" while technically possible (anything is) it's highly unlikely. These aren't the old systems where pulses of light at a specific rate works. They're sending actual information optically, such as the vehicle ID and a secret key, to determine if your transponder is authorized. Even if you are able to clone a transponder, it wouldn't work long. The system can now randomly generate new keys every so often, or detect when misuse is likely (comparing activations for Ambulance 2 shows 10 activations where Ambulance 2 was not on a call). When tied in to an intelligent traffic management system a single activation could preempt the traffic further away. Cool stuff.
We call that asphalt popcorn pavement in the northern US. The purpose of this asphalt is that the water seeps through this surface layer and drains on the intermediate surface, eliminating surface water and the potential hazards that come with surface water retention. However, when water freezes it expands, and when this happens in between two layers of asphalt, they separate. This asphalt mix had holes everywhere from freeze thaw cycles earning the name popcorn mix. It’s been around for a long time and is only used in warmer climates due to this characteristic.
We use it in the Netherlands, not sure how but the freezing problem has been tackled.
@@Snaakie83 It hasn't been tackled, they just repair it very fast.
The system to change traffic lights has been in use in America for over 20 years. The emergency vehicles transmit an encrypted light signal with the password and the unit ID
So you can see exactly who has triggered the green light and what lane, direction and time it is triggered
It is called MIRT
Even Dutch public transit like buses and trams have this system. They always get green with priority, unless they are ahead of schedule. So their time schedule is integrated in the system.
The plastic road panels at the 10:00 mark are stated as 10 square feet. They appear to be about 10 x 10 feet which would be 100 square feet.
Yeah, I think he meant to say 10-ft/sq. instead of 10-sq./ft. also, it was at 11 mins,
And with it you get a bidirectional Dutch cycling path, complete with the right color and texture. It is still in experimental stage where some stretches are used to test durability.
The rising crosswalk is not in France, it's in Quebec, Canada. You can see it on the plate of the vehicle at the beginning.
Si je me souviens bien, c'était des pranks qui ont été filmé. Ce n'est pas un vrai système.
OH, they speak French, must be France. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Way to understand other countries cultures USA (especially your own neighbour)
You can tell the guy is from USA
Most of these solutions would have horrible function and maintenance issues in any environment that has snow and cold. Porous asphalt has been an available option in MN for a long time.
The road lights aren’t very epileptic friendly! Would hypnotise me after a few hours!
The roller barrier seems to push the vehicle back into the traffic lanes. Which seems to be a larger problem, at least in my opinion.
Conventional barriers are literally designed to prevent cars bouncing back into traffic, i dont get the point of these rollers
These drainage kerbs have been used in the UK for over 25 years! They are called Beany blocks and were invented by Neil (Beany) Beanland.
These bike lane barriers are ideal to get the pedals hooked in. Great invention by a non-cyclist
@Akksel Johansson. Surely the cyclist wouldn’t get that close.
I'm NEVER getting out to look at the damage
when I'm on the runaway truck ramp!
14:45 It looks like it would put the wrecked car back into the lane of travel.
1:12 Speed humps are devices that have a warning effect by making a slight impact on vehicles, letting road users know in advance where they need to slow down and pay attention to ensure traffic safety.👍
3M has already (since the 80's) a system used in Minneapolis that coordinates traffic lights when approached by a vehicle with a strobe light. Korea has guard rail with wheels installed parallel to the road surface. This is safer as out of control cars are deflected instead of being launched into the air.
That’s what I was thinking too
The strobe on emergency vehicles to manage traffic lights is OLD technology. Where is it allegedly "new"?
Canada has had this for decades as well. It used to be that if you flashed your highbeams really fast, you could trick it. Highly ticketable offense BTW
I never knew road technologies could be so fascinating until I stumbled upon this video. The intelligent traffic lights and 3D-printed bridges are truly incredible. It's exciting to see how technology is improving our infrastructure and making our roads safer and more efficient
imagine if ur just walking and the pedestrian walk fence goes up suddenly and launches you
That pop up fence was in Quebec not France. And it was also an art installation
Those LED lights on the highway at night are enough to give someone epilepsy...ugh...not a fan...whyy do they have to move...or move that fast? This is obnoxious...
All of these future road inventions should be used in futuristic movies, like a new 'Back to The Future' or 'From' 🤘
I like very much the bike lane barrier.
Re using plastic bottles for roads is AWESOME!!
So for the Red Light/ Traffic Control, they already have a system called Opticom so not sure how Remote controlled would make things any better as RF can be hacked and recreated with various tools such as a Flipper Zero or an HackRF One
That system where emergency vehicles can change traffic lights from red to green was thought of in the UK decades ago.
It was deemed to dangerous as drivers who had just gotten a green light, that suddenly turned back to red, would still proceed thinking that they lights were just faulty.
If you had some real sirens instead of that twinky ass crap that can barely be heard over 4’33” then drivers would understand why it went green to red.
@@goobs3988 What?
You've obviously never heard the sirens on the UK's emergency service vehicles.
If every traffic light would be smart, anticipating on traffic demands, there would not be any problem. In the Netherlands it has been successfully in use for decades! Even to make sure drawbridges are passabel when an emergency vehicle approaches.
The system in the US is called Opticom. The flashing light on the emergency vehicle is picked up by the sensor on the traffic light and turns the other three directions red while the direction the emergency vehicle is coming is turned green. This had been around for about 30 years.
@@mayfaire4338 Our system that was tested used sensors buried in the road about 100 yds from the lights. So when the emergency vehicle went over them, it did what yours did.
I think the problem ours had was the councils would always come a long and dig up holes which would disrupt the system.
I show these to my grandma when she falls asleep, better than coffee
The bicycle barrier is nice to get a fast solution. But for full redesign do it right from scratch on.
The Netherlands are showing best practice.
all i heard was my taxes are gonna go up lol
That cross walk fense is gonna yeet someone into a windscreen
I see that as a nice skating spot.
Not all people are living in the US. For them Fahrenheit and Feet are unknown. Saying or writing everything in metric system too would help them. Thank you.
Feet is not unknown. Feet is just an Avarage to small foot size, 3 Ft=1 Yard which is approximately 9::10 ratio of a meter.
@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 It would need a looooong time to tell you all countries they are using the metric system. And what is a small foot size? Foot of a man or a women?
@@cnxexpat1862 What is a meter though? It is much less intuitive. 😏
@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 no, it’s not, I’m from the US and I even know that, the metric system uses a 10s system, while the imperial- what does the imperial even use? Nonsense, the metric system is far superior
@@mustachespud I know about the usefulness of the Metric system and it would also reduce the cost of some projects and time. Yet, people still do use the Imperial system because it is lore intuitive? "What is a meter? Vs What is a foot?" kind of thing.
Yep! I like the Road Patching! ✌️😁♥️. And it will save time and Days! Sometimes road work can take months and weeks or a few day🤦♀️
I really, REALLY hope that they will never make the lights at 9:36 legal and on the maket cause they are freakin dangerous ! Just looking at the video i almost had an epileptic attack 😳 its not that much of a bad flashing, but enogh to stress it out ! Massive mistake of an idea !
Those road lights could cause seizures...looks a lot like strobe lights
The drag net was definitely inspired by Spiderman 2
Imagine just walking and then all a sudden you get flung by this 1:26
The ambulance green lights idea was tried in the 90's, it's not ford's idea - just something e;se they're stealing - but it was quickly shut down when other people created the remotes so everyone got a green light. Then they tried having it create a 4 way red, but killed that idea too
the traffic light system has been around for quite a while. In 2006 I had one in my work truck to test lights that we were installing.
Never heard Bitumen pronounced like that before, ‘bi-too-men’. A USA pronunciation? In the UK it’s pronounced as, ‘bit-chu-min’. Love all the different pronunciations, alternative words and accents in the world.😊
I think they have just never heard the word before. I'm American and I've always heard it said bit-chu-min
@@metalmongrel69 Thank you for adding that. ☺️I thought about that after I’d left my comment. “What if it’s not a word they use?” 🤔While thinking about it, I nodded off.😴When I woke up in the morning, I’d completely forgotten about it.😐 Thank you again.😊
They watched a Dutch documentary and copied the pronounciation.
ZOAB Zeer Open Asfalt Beton.
Prevents aquaplaning and reduces car tire sounds enormously.
Bitch~U~Men. Lol
I was hoping to see the "Solar Freaking Roadway" here, but that reactive sidewalk/crossign thingy seems pretty close
Can't wait to see how many accidents all that confusing blinking animated nonsense on the road is going to cause.
but the forks of death.. are only slightly less deadly than the electrified road of glass and wasted taxpayer funds.
@@zarthemad8386 You make a great point. What happens when there's a car wreck and the road gets torn apart and the high voltage cables inside electrocuted.
pothole patches are considered as distress. No matter how good they look, they are always a problem.
Do not encourage pothole patching as a permanent solution.
@2:26 Tobey's Spiderman should be in this scene
France has it going on with the crosswalk activated 🚧 barriers! Great 👍 idea!!
Canada, French speaking part...
I’m in Michigan and our emergency vehicles have had those signal switching buttons for years.
Great when it works.
Great videos and comments guys, here, have my like
I'm worried about some inventions that they don't fall into the wrong hands
at 8 min HELLO we already have that
That retractable speed bump that is controllable by pedestrians is a bad and an extremely dangerous idea!
3:07 seems like something that could CREATE a traffic clog if the FAR end of it stops working and traps people.
Огромное спасибо за то, что вы проводили это замечательное ток-шоу в течение 15 лет! Вы давали нам, украинцам, возможность услышать умные мысли, а также принять участие в обратной связи. Я, конечно, хочу, чтобы украинский язык идущий!
Да, пожалуйста! Весь мир ведь существует только ради украинцев, всё что люди в мире делают - они делают из-за украинцев!
All this is terrifying
7:20. Great, just what motorbikes need, a strip of shiny metal in the middle of the lane that's slippery when wet . . . .
Unbelievable Technology 😱
Who else was waiting for the Hot Wheels track? :(
It’s called emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) and it’s been in use for decades. While it’s very helpful, it’s not cutting edge. In fact, the system shown is an optical solution that is already being replaced with GPS based systems. The optical solutions requires line-of-sight so curves and vegetation limit how far in advance the signal can be alerted. This means vehicles will come upon the intersection before it can get to green. A GPS system can program signals miles in advance and even around turns in the route.
1:30 - imagine if some guy was just walking along the crossing and got yeeted into the oncoming traffic
The recycle plastic panels I can see would be great for sidewalks and playgrounds but I really don't see it being good for the roadway
They are for cycle paths, as demonstrated. Use for heavier traffic is being tested.
5:43 Hey, those look familier. We've had Curbs like that in the UK for several decades, and that's just me noticing them in the street near where I live.
They were actually part of the issue during the 2007 floods, as most of the water was coming back up out of the drains.
The technology for an ambulance to change the traffic signal already exists. I believe it was called the Rada Light. They were white flashing lights on top of traffic lights. They would flash when emergency vehicles changed the lights to green in their direction of travel. It was used in Erie, Pennsylvania, but they had to stop using it because with modern technology people hacked into the Rada Light and were able to change it for themselves. Emergency vehicles could change the lights one mile in advance. Another issue they had with the them was cars would speed to keep up with the emergency vehicle to get all the green lights. I used to live there and was guilty of trying to keep up with the emergency vehicles. They no longer use them.
not gonna lie the rail at 7:17 in the video made me think of the fords from jurassic park
So much random stuff we gotta deal with
The water absorbing asphalt is not absorbing at all. It’s porous and the water passes through it into a gravel base which lets the water water disperse. Unfortunately, once the area the gravel is in fills up and is saturated, the asphalt does as well.
Smart technology to change traffic lights for buses and emergency vehicles has existed in Australia for more than 20 years - just not in America!
1:22 it's not in France and it's not project, it's in Quebec, Canada and it's an awareness campaign.
8:10 Don’t people move aside to let the ambulance through ?
They used to call speedbumps "sleeping policemen".. until they realized people were going faster not slowerr when going over them.. by the way, sometimes it works too, you don't notice them so much.
As for the lights at 10:00 gat see some drivers having fits and it bringing in epepsy.. the electric rail in the road.. try riding your moped when delivering a pizza and see if you can "get out of the Groove" man.
Don't you think they have pizza in Amsterdam, Rotterdam or The Hague where streets are full of tram tracks?
damage to the semi is minimal that looks like $20 thousand in repairs to me
Those lane lights at 9.55 might not be a good idea for going home from the club
8:04
Already something like this at intersections around me.
I see lights change or stay red for oncoming emergency vehicles.
Unclear what is controlling it though, if it's local or just gps and remotely controlled by someone.
@@Nozzred I'd heard that, but wasn't sure.
Seems a bit insecure and easier to exploit.
@@drewdrew53 Found some info and video about this but didn't find howe many years it's been in use but there are several different system already in place doing this.
@@drewdrew53 opticom is one system, probably many others out there.
You can get one on Amazon
Vehicles use a transponder, electronic device, that has to be on a list of approved ones, stolen or missing ones are removed from the list and are of no use. Each has a unique code, just like the one you use to open doors at a hotel or work.
India needs to Implement this on every street's so that all maintains safety dignity follow rules for irresponsible drivers betterment of road public safety new technology
“It’s combined of a mixture of special types of ‘buy two men’ & granules” ummmm… what?! 😂
That road patch is $560 for a 3 feet by 21 feet roll. Rip off.
I can't see most of these idea working in the Canadian winter.
‘The system uses a 25 fps camera. It reacts with 1 ms delay’ No, it doesnt.
Dragnet took a page from Spiderman's book
90 percent of new technologies to help pedestrians wouldn’t be needed if they looked both ways before trying to cross
The porous asphalt is very, very well known. However, it has to be maintained. And that includes actually vacuuming it!
Nope! The layer underneath must be porous and too much water has to flow to the sides. Normal rain will wash away sand.
@@dutchman7623 I have a brother that has installed these in Arizona. His first complaint was that he had to go and vacuum these parking lots at least once or twice per year to keep the sand from building up and creating a non-porous surface during that time.
@@RazingthenRaising If used on highways and big roads you do not have to vacuum clean them. Never saw anything vacuum clean hundreds of miles of highway.
But the underground has to be laid out correctly (drainage to the sides), and the top layer thick enough.
@@dutchman7623 Understandable. Traffic tends to blow things around. My brother's complaint was parking lots.
@@RazingthenRaising And the climate in Arizona is rather different that what we have here. Very moderate and rain at least once a week.
@1:38 Please, that is not in France, that is in Montréal, Canada...
Electrified road are a big fail, i was involved in this test in Sweden and it was a big problem with dirt and shit that clogged the rail on the road.
Florida traffic lights turn all of them red for emergency vehicles. The have red lights on the roads, so can see them in heavy rain, fog, etc.
You can get one on Amazon
@@theoxster Yep.
2:33 The truck looks so sad 😢
Cats do what cats do.
Anyone else not a good enough driver in order to charge your vehicle?
Those flashing strings of lights could be dangerous; there are people with afflictions that can be triggered by flashing lights! If I was driving on a road that had those I'd have to slow to 10mph to be able to handle the flashes.
That one with the emergency services has existed for a long time
My bother has been creating and using "pervious concrete" in the (San Fran) bay area for over ten years. It's mostly used on parking lots, driveways and walkways-as it doesn't (yet) stand up to very heavy-vehicular traffic.
Wut, it's been the highway standard where i live for over a decade
@@bunch_of_numbers And WHERE do you live??? And are you certain it is Pervious Concrete?
@@leonardothefabulous3490 idk if it's the exact same, but it's pervious asphalt. But i live in the Netherlands, where winters are relatively mild which helps it last
@@bunch_of_numbers Thanks. It is not the same product. You have Asphalt, the product I'm talking about is Concrete.
@@leonardothefabulous3490 yall make roads out of concrete in the us?
Plastic roads are just ignorant. Regular paving is already the most recycled material on the planet at 99%.
The emergency service one should turn the lights red not green. I should turn all the lights red including crosswalks. Then they can drive in the opposite lane around traffic and go through the red light safely.
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I like the pop up speed bump at crosswalk. That way when those idiots that slam on their brakes because they are going to fast will now have less braking power as they jump the bump.
Bike lane barriers would not stop a car
Or force drivers to actually pay attention while they're driving; or realize they're not the only things on the roads and sidewalks.