Laser Drones? Mounted high on pole by itself...

i pass by these things that look like cameras, they are mounted high on poles by themself (that look like the light poles that provide light to the highway at night). they are pointed directly down at the highway, on i95 (on the cross bronx expressway) between the GW bridge all the way to pretty much the end of the Bronx's section of i95 by the pelham parkway exit.

anyway, they set off my Laser alert on the v1 everytime. i always get the same laser falses in the exact same areas when i finally realized they all have this camera looking thing mounted on the poles aimed at the road.

what are these things :?: someone please clue me in...

Interesting. Have you compared locations with the online traffic cameras? I think there's a link to them from the NYDOT page. As for the laser, perhaps they're equipped with near infrared illuminators to see in the dark (compare Sony NightShot).

Edit: Here's a link http://nyctmc.org/

never had a Laser alert in my last trip on that road

Never gotten Laser from them, I'd assume they are just cameras to monitor the road for accidents, etc - I know they use X band RADAR on the Cross Bronx Expressway to measure speed.. or else they have constant-on drones setup at intervals.. maybe they are just using infrared light for nighttime, like someone said.. My guess is they're cameras, and they measure speed with X band.. usually get the highest X signals right before going under the overpasses...those short tunnels.

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Originally Posted by TeamQuack

i pass by these things that look like cameras, they are mounted high on poles by themself (that look like the light poles that provide light to the highway at night). they are pointed directly down at the highway, on i95 (on the cross bronx expressway) between the GW bridge all the way to pretty much the end of the Bronx's section of i95 by the pelham parkway exit.

anyway, they set off my Laser alert on the v1 everytime. i always get the same laser falses in the exact same areas when i finally realized they all have this camera looking thing mounted on the poles aimed at the road.

what are these things :?: someone please clue me in...

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Originally Posted by o2bad455

Interesting. Have you compared locations with the online traffic cameras? I think there's a link to them from the NYDOT page. As for the laser, perhaps they're equipped with near infrared illuminators to see in the dark (compare Sony NightShot).

Edit: Here's a link http://nyctmc.org/

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BINGO!!!
yes those are the EXACT places where those cameras are, and yes they set off my laser alert. o2bad455 you hit it on the NOSE :wink:

whew...now i know what those are. and yes they do set off my laser alert, must be something to the extent of what you have said.

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Originally Posted by o2bad455

As for the laser, perhaps they're equipped with near infrared illuminators to see in the dark (compare Sony NightShot).

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http://nyctmc.org/images/bronx_big.gif


the 3 laser falses i get is from the first camera which is at the cross between the major degan and cross bronx expressway, the second is the one where the bronx river expressway crosses the cross bronx, and the third is right before the throgs neck expressway. yay my v1 isn't crazy :P

3 cameras, 3 laser alerts, exact location pinpointed :!: im starting to tell who really knows their stuff around here and who's full of BS, its becoming more obvious everyday.... :lol: :shock:

Are there any truck weight stations nearby? Alot of those "cameras"--white rectangular boxes aimed at the right lane or center lane--are for truckers. Some truck fleets are pre-cleared and don't have to stop into the weight scales--the "camera" provides the driver with in-cab signals that he is ok to bypass the scales.

Hope this helps.

Jerry

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Originally Posted by jerry540i

Are there any truck weight stations nearby? Alot of those "cameras"--white rectangular boxes aimed at the right lane or center lane--are for truckers. Some truck fleets are pre-cleared and don't have to stop into the weight scales--the "camera" provides the driver with in-cab signals that he is ok to bypass the scales.

Hope this helps.

Jerry

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no weigh stations near by but now that you mention it, everyone once in a while i do see a leo with a truck pulled over right before the area where the bridges are, and i doubt its for speeding as its pretty much impossible for a truck to speed through that area. trucks are also restricted to the middle and slow lane, they aren't allowed in the fast lane through the entire area. maybe it has a dual purpose :?: very good point though. :idea:

hey i finally took some camera phone pics of the cameras that set off the laser alert on my v1. in all fairness to rob, they only set off the laser alert on my v1 when im in a certain lane as when i took the pic and passed it, it didn't set the laser alert off. the red arrow obviously points to the camera which is mounted on the poll by itself. click on the pics for a slightly better view.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/862...rrow0ed.th.jpg


also just for kicks i took a picture of an x-band drone which are everywhere, the main reason i have x band disabled on my v1 here in ny. i have no idea what those do beside set off x band on my v1.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/557...rrow4jc.th.jpg

From what I understand the cameras are used to determine whether or not a vehicle is stopped at the light or to measure traffic flow - the other way to do this is with a vehicle detector loop (like a metal detector embedded in the asphalt, look for ~5' circles @ stop lights). They may have infrared LEDs in order to see in the dark which may set off the laser. From what I understand they don't record footage but I suspect they do. fwiw.