IntelliConnect has achieved another major milestone on the road to Vision Zero with a first of its kind LiDAR-based Wrong-Way Driving (WWD) detection system. TMC operators, emergency responders, and motorists can be automatically notified when there is a wrong-way driver approaching so they can take action. According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), wrong way driving crashes are much more likely to result in severe and fatal injuries than other types of crashes. Agencies can now expand the use of their existing infrastructure and utilize LiDAR to save more lives on our roadways. This best-in-class solution uses LiDAR technology to detect and confirm wrong way driver with greater accuracy. LiDAR technology allows agencies to have a reliable WWD solution that works in low light, rain, snow, fog, or other hazardous roadway conditions. IntelliConnect offers remote configuration and management of a single or multiple wrong way systems.
Our proprietary IntelliConnect EDGE software is highly configurable and uniquely designed to provide 100% wrong way driving detection accuracy, with almost zero false positives. The software is hardware-agnostic, providing flexibility to use it with their existing roadside infrastructure and integrate it with any 3rd party application.
The LiDAR-based Wrong Way Driving detection component is the newest addition to IntelliConnect’s suite of use cases. The solution comes with other advantageous out-of-the-box features including real-time alert broadcasting and device health monitoring.
Broadcasting real-time messages and alerts to motorists and key agency stakeholders is at the core of IntelliConnect. This is accomplished by providing equity to all motorists, whether they are driving a fully connected vehicle or a vintage cruiser. Fully connected vehicles have the benefit of directly receiving alerts through the vehicle’s on-board units. Partially and non-connected vehicles receive alerts on their smartphones via mobile application integrations and via roadside infrastructure message displays.
The device health monitoring continuously monitors the status of all devices of the wrong way driving system. It displays the health status of each unit and sends alerts to the designated agency personnel when there is an issue that needs to be addressed. With this tool, transportation agencies gain confidence in their infrastructure investments and can keep all roadways and systems running smoothly.