The government wants to double the number of carpoolers. Dedicated lanes help avoid traffic jams and are in force in Grenoble, Lyon, Paris or Strasbourg. But be careful, new generation radars, capable of counting the number of people on board, detect offenders. Explanations.
Dedicated lanes to avoid traffic jams, all motorists dream of them. This is what the government wants to develop by setting the objective of doubling the number of carpoolers who have reserved traffic lanes. Lanes which exist around Grenoble, Annecy, Lyon or the Arcachon basin whose objective remains to relieve traffic congestion during peak hours in particular.
Since the start of the school year, new cities have been testing these routes such as Lille, Strasbourg, Nantes and Rennes. When others are seriously thinking about this solution for the future.
A study by Vinci shows that we are far from the mark
But carpooling is not yet a success, particularly around the ten French metropolises. More than eight out of ten drivers drive alone in their car between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., according to a study by Vinci, the powerful highway manager.
In its study published this Tuesday, September 19, 83.3% of the more than 500,000 vehicles observed between May and June 2023, using cameras and counting by artificial intelligence, the drivers were “alone on board their vehicle”. A “self-driving” rate peaks at 87% at 8 a.m. and drops significantly after 9 a.m., reaching 78% at 10 a.m.
From pedagogy to repression
Hence the principle of these lanes dedicated to cars carrying at least two people (in the context of carpooling for example) but also for public transport vehicles, taxis (even without passengers) or, soon, vehicles with very low emissions, holders of a Crit’Air zero sticker.
After the experiment, it was necessary to move on to repression. This is the role of these new generation radars, capable of counting the number of people in a vehicle or detecting the category of vehicle (Crit’Air zero, taxi, etc.) authorized to use the traffic lane.
These new machines will have the mission of detecting the presence of several people in a car traveling on a lane reserved for carpooling. If the radar finds that the motorist is alone on board, it will photograph the vehicle’s license plate, pic.twitter.com/v4V4hJg9sJ
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A radar that is progressing
And plums can quickly fall. In Lyon, where the system was activated at the end of 2020, the first fines were issued in 2021. Ditto, in Paris and Grenoble the following year. In Strasbourg, after a period of education, it is planned to issue fines from the end of September 2023.
And for those who would like to bypass the radar, be careful, warn an inflatable doll or pet will not be counted as a person. According to Pryntec, the company that designs these radars: “Our devices have a false detection rate of less than 2%! In addition, our algorithms continue to progress since they were put into service. In fact, the more you try to cheat, the better they become “, they explain on their site, taken up by the site actu.fr.
2023-09-20 05:01:19
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