New sign: what do the ‘birds’ painted on the roads mean?
- October 21, 2023
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At the end of the summer, strange, previously unnoticed road markings – signs – appeared on motorways, including the country’s main summer road, the M4 Don. Why are
At the end of the summer, strange, previously unnoticed road markings – signs – appeared on motorways, including the country’s main summer road, the M4 Don. Why are they needed, what do they mean, and is it worth fearing new fines for ignoring them, says the AvtoVzglyad portal.
Arguing about the fact that domestic roads have improved is a pointless exercise. Monstrous and broken in the 1990s, patched and patched up in the 2000s, they don’t compare to the highways and streets we have today. The road sector is slow, but actively moves across the country, spreading in circles from the capital. Region by region. Construction work is in full swing everywhere: from the Rossiya superroad, which in the first phase allows you to travel at a speed of 130 km/h all the way to Kazan, to small regional trails.
Improving the quality of asphalt obviously affects the speed of movement. And who knows, our people might like to drive fast. Often he doesn’t know how, but his passion loves him. As a result, the downside of a high-quality road surface comes to light: the number of accidents increases. In 2023 – immediately by 5%. Unfortunately, not everyone could handle the excitement, and then hold the car. It is not without reason that experienced drivers use the second D rule: keep your distance.
In fact, those same “birds” on the asphalt are intended to help with this difficult task, as it turned out: thanks to the new markings, it will be easier for drivers to keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front and reduce its speed sooner. Including at night.
Two “birds” are at a safe distance, because there is 55 meters between the elements. They are painted on highways where the speed limit is 110 km/h. Where it will be legally possible to drive 130 km/h, the distance between the tick marks will be 65 meters. The first, one might say, pilot versions were seen in the Krasnodar Territory, which during the holiday period became the “leader” in the number of accidents and overtook the regulars – Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Out of habit, the new road markings are very distracting: all attention is focused solely on them, and not on the stern of the vehicle in front. My eyes start to crinkle. Does it work as intended? It feels like no. A modern road must be richly equipped, and in Europe there are no fewer, and sometimes even more, different types of signs on the roadway. But the slalom that our road industry has produced in recent years is difficult for the average motorist to perceive: too many new things are appearing where previously there was only asphalt. And even then – not everywhere. Maybe we should slow down the pace a bit or at least make more of an effort to inform the population? Three out of four drivers do not understand the purpose of the new paint spot!
Will there be fines for not keeping distance? So far no official statements have been made about this. But given the growing role of artificial intelligence in organizing road safety, this option should not be ruled out in the future. Cameras, or rather the neural network that controls them, take time to learn. You need to “look enough”, collect hundreds of thousands of images, learn to select the offender from the total number in order to give the inspector only a sample, and not the entire data set. It is likely that this process is happening now.
Photo: AutoVzglyad
Arguing about the fact that domestic roads have improved is a pointless exercise. Monstrous and broken in the 1990s, patched and patched up in the 2000s, they don’t compare to the highways and streets we have today. The road sector is slow, but actively moves across the country, spreading in circles from the capital. Region by region. Construction work is in full swing everywhere: from the Rossiya superroad, which in the first phase allows you to travel at a speed of 130 km/h all the way to Kazan, to small regional trails.
Improving the quality of asphalt obviously affects the speed of movement. And who knows, our people might like to drive fast. Often he doesn’t know how, but his passion loves him. As a result, the downside of a high-quality road surface comes to light: the number of accidents increases. In 2023 – immediately by 5%. Unfortunately, not everyone could handle the excitement, and then hold the car. It is not without reason that experienced drivers use the second D rule: keep your distance.
In fact, those same “birds” on the asphalt are intended to help with this difficult task, as it turned out: thanks to the new markings, it will be easier for drivers to keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front and reduce its speed sooner. Including at night.
Two “birds” are at a safe distance, because there is 55 meters between the elements. They are painted on highways where the speed limit is 110 km/h. Where it will be legally possible to drive 130 km/h, the distance between the tick marks will be 65 meters. The first, one might say, pilot versions were seen in the Krasnodar Territory, which during the holiday period became the “leader” in the number of accidents and overtook the regulars – Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Out of habit, the new road markings are very distracting: all attention is focused solely on them, and not on the stern of the vehicle in front. My eyes start to crinkle. Does it work as intended? It feels like no. A modern road must be richly equipped, and in Europe there are no less, and sometimes even more, different types of signs on the roadway. But the slalom that our road industry has produced in recent years is difficult for the average motorist to perceive: too many new things are appearing where previously there was only asphalt. And even then – not everywhere. Maybe we should slow down the pace a bit or at least make more of an effort to inform the population? Three out of four drivers do not understand the purpose of the new paint spot!
Will there be fines for not keeping distance? So far no official statements have been made about this. But given the growing role of artificial intelligence in organizing road safety, this option should not be ruled out in the future. Cameras, or rather the neural network that controls them, take time to learn. You need to “look enough”, collect hundreds of thousands of images, learn to select the offender from the total number in order to give the inspector only a sample, and not the entire data set. It is likely that this process is happening now.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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