Abstract:
CAMEA Weigh-In-Motion has been equipped at almost 900 traffic lanes so far, out of
which approximately 200 are used for a direct enforcement application. Based on this
experience, the system producer was able to identify the main needs the WIM technology
has in order to evolve further. These are: facing the problem of drivers who intentionally
avoid measurement or behavior documentation, minimizing the impact on the road surface
when installing the WIM site, extending the lifetime of the installed WIM sensors.
This article suggests the tools to address these needs: Preventing the driver’s maneuvers
by taking government/law measures, recognizing such maneuvers and validating the
results of the measurement using advanced SW and using sensors with small intrusion
into the road and a long lifetime. The company’s newly developed digital weighing sensor
WIMTRONIC has numerous innovative characteristics and features. Some of its main
advantages are embedded electronics, high accuracy, easy installation, and the possibility
to measure previously unobtainable parameters of the vehicle, wheels, axles, and the
road. All the while keeping the cost low to present an affordable solution for wide use of
WIM.
