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What could this be? on top of a street light post (i.imgur.com)

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't find an exact one, but here's an interesting example of a traffic detector:

And in the road there would be a buried paired receiver. And it would detect if a vehicle blocked the signal between the two.

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[–] tristan@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Oooh this setup just got installed on a highway in my town, I've been wondering what it was since it was installed just past one of the vehicle counting strips they use

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