MTLS - Modular Traffic Light Solutions

*The Extent of Crashes Involving Poles A study by Pilkington in 1988, found that 14.4 percent of roadside crashes in the US involved traffic light poles and street light poles.

It was added that this number would serve as an underestimate of the true extent of such crashes due to a sizeable percentage of pole accidents not being reported. This equates to a rate of 0.12 pole crashes per mile of roadway per year. It was found that rural and urban pole crash rates were the same, with these crashes involving 34 per 100 million vehicles passing in both settings. Pole crashes were 6 times more likely than other crashes to lead to a fatality and 3 times more likely to sustain fatal injuries. 80 percent were frontal impacts and the remaining 20 percent were side impacts, with the latter more commonly producing a fatality. Jones and Baum also conducted a study into pole crashes in the US, focusing on urban settings. Police reports nationwide for 1975 included 8000 pole crashes. Poles were the most frequently struck roadside object (21.1%), comprising 2.2% of all crashes. These crashes, more importantly, featured the highest injury rate (50.5%) for all crashes, excepting rollovers (52.6%). Another study was conducted by Mak and Mason (1981), looking at both urban and rural crashes. Poles were among the most frequently struck roadside objects, accounting for 28.4% of roadside crashes and 3.3% of all crashes. These authors also reported a high rate of injuries and fatalities for pole crashes with 1.2% causing a fatality (6.2 times more likely than the average crash) and 43.4% causing injuries (3 times more likely)

 *From an international report to the Motor Accident

Commission from the University of Adelaide Austarlia May 1999.

Author(s) Location Extent of Roadside Crashes

Lawson West Midlands, UK, 1980-1982 32% of fatal

Lawson Birmingham, 1980-1982 7% of injury crashes

Proctor Great Britain, 1994 18 585 casualty

Nilsson & Wenall Sweden 25% of fatal

de Leur et al British Columbia, Canada 1991 16.9% of highway crashes

Tignor et al (1982) USA 1980 20 000 fatalities (40%)

Mak & Mason USA 1976 11.7% of all crashes

Kedjidjian USA 1991 30% fatal

Ray, Troxel & Carney USA 1980-1985 33% of all crashes

Corben et al Victoria, Australia 1994 23% of casualty

Sanderson & Fildes Victoria, Australia 1978-1982 22% of casualty

The extent of Roadside Crashes as reported in

the entire report

Impact damage - current system

Residual damage - current system

Modular Traffic Light SystemsExploded View

Cable is tensioned to 3500kg

to keep structure

rigid

Cable runs up the center of the whole

structure, anchored to

the foundation

Assembled View with Backing BoardExploded View

without Backing Board

Hanging Overhead Signal Head

Multiple head construction

Sandton City Intersection

AccreditationsInvited by the Smithsonian Institute in New York for inclusion to exhibit in “The National Design Triennial Exhibition” at the Cooper Hewitt Museum

The MTLS will be prominently displayed and represent South African Design credentials on a undisputed international stage.

225 000 visitors onsite 3 Million online visitorsLarge international press coverage

Part of the National Design Awards, A prestigious program that honours innovation and excellence.

The Smithsonian has become the world’s largest and most visited museum and research complex.

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Accreditations

• Endeavour 2009 World Entrepreneur Finalist representing South Africa in Miami

• SABS Design Excellence Award 2008

• Approved by Johannesburg Roads Agency

• Represented internationally• Signal Bau Huber Germany• RTA Dubai• Bahrain• Australia

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JRA Approval

Dubai Road &Transport Authority

Current signal heads on test

Dubai RTA approval setup

Dubai RTA approval setup(Total time for erection : 18 minutes)

Open Architecture (Camera)

Due to its modular format and open architecture MTLS can accommodate a wide variety of electronic, monitoring and surveillance equipment.

Community Safety & Security

MTLS system can accommodate LPR and general surveillance cameras.

These cameras feed live video footage to a Central Surveillance Destination of choice. As stolen or suspicious vehicles are detected through database interrogation, local law enforcement will be notified immediately. Proactive community policing!

Before After

General surveillance cameras inside the MTLS

LPR cameras inside the MTLS for real time video identification and red flagging of stolen or suspicious vehicles

Day Night

MTLS segments

From the above MTLS segments any of these configurations can be built

Traditional main road streetlight.

Parking lot with no lighting or adverts

Main road street light & camera.

Parking lot lights with advertising boards.

Traditional highway lighting

Highway lighting with traffic monitoring andsecurity camera

Traditional highway off-ramp lighting poles.

Highway off ramp lighting

Pedestrian walkway with no lighting

Street lighting with pedestrian light and traffic info sign

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