A new type of mobile traffic signal has been launched by SRL Traffic Systems, which is designed to make roadworks safer for those onsite.
The system, REMOS, or ‘remotely operated signals’, is believed to be the first in the UK to allow one person to control portable traffic lights in several locations from somewhere off-site. SRL says that the new signals could cut carbon emissions by as much as 3,564 kg CO2 pa per operative.
As well as the environmental benefit, this means fewer workers on busy roads with live traffic, reducing the risk of accidents or abuse, as well as mistakes made due to tiredness. Construction company Balfour Beatty recently stated that its road workers report three incidents of abuse every day.
Staff at SRL’s control centre analyse data from the signals in real time, allowing them to adjust if needed to keep traffic flowing. The system works using built-in radar sensors and CCTV cameras, which stream footage of oncoming traffic.
It can also automatically switch to SRL’s Multiphase Advanced Detection System (ADS), if there is no one to monitor it remotely. This has been ‘independently proven to reduce queue length by up to 50% during peak periods’, according to SRL, and works through the use of a high-precision radar and dynamic algorithm.
Iain McDonald, SRL’s REMOS director, said: “SRL is excited to be able to offer the versatile REMOS Flex in addition to REMOS Max, putting improved road worker safety, operational efficiency, reliability and environmental sustainability within the reach of customers operating short-term as well as longer-term projects.”
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