What sounds like a great idea in the States - city councils(?) are using mobile (smart-)phones to report pot holes in their roads:
"Take Boston's pot-hole finding app, Street Bump, designed to be used in a car.
When a mobile with a built in accelerometer is running the app, every judder and jolt is recorded, along with its GPS co-ordinates, which are sent to a central server.
If a bump triggers three separate reports within four days it is officially declared an issue and somebody will fix it."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18367213
Think it will happen over here?
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I`m sure it will! - but it will work in reverse! - if a "Smooth" section is detected that lasts for more than 3 secs, some council-bods will arrive and install a speed-bump.
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Boston Highways Department are reported to be mystified as the why they're getting numerous reports of potholes on a little used lane at the back of Humpers Wood. "We can't understand it," said a spokesman. "The surface is perfect yet every night we're getting dozens of mobile alerts. It's even worse at weekends".
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I was just thinking the other day I could do with something like that! It would be worn out in no time as some of the roads near me are in a disgusting state. The phone would have to report a hole every few metres.
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just a thought, - who pays the phone bill for all the "reports" the `phone sends?
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This has been in the UK for years,
StreetReport.app
I even pasted a link to a youtube video I made and got some traffic signal phasing changed.
Last edited by: sooty tailpipes on Wed 13 Jun 12 at 11:33
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Phones repair roads - devonite
