More than 80% of motorists drive alone, a figure that could be significantly reduced with new thermal radars. The metropolis of Lyon announced last week the arrival of these radars to control the number of passengers in vehicles. Drivers traveling alone in carpool lanes may be fined.
New radars really effective?
Since the end of 2020, the left lanes of the M6 and M7 urban avenues in Lyon have seen a sign appear with a new symbol. This bright diamond indicates lanes reserved only for vehicles accommodating more than two people, which are very rarely followed by motorists. Despite the risk of a fine of 135 euros.
The arrival of the next radars should change the cards on the table. The new generation, delivered from the second half of this year, will be equipped with a thermal cell. He will reveal the presence of passengers in the vehicle and take photographs of the offending vehicles. Contacted by Le Figaro Lyonexplains Jean-Charles Kohlhaas (Europe Ecology the Greens), Vice President in charge of travel in Greater Lyon ” There was a call for projects by the state to which the Métropole de Lyon applied. (…) We are one of the territories chosen to experiment until the end of the year. »
For the moment the system, without thermal radar, is very random. Show preventive messages, on the giant screens of the highway, intended for people who judges alone without being able to check the presence of anyone behind.
In a few months the new radars will be much less forgiving. Problem: what is their real effectiveness? With their sensors, they will be able to detect the presence of two adults in the front seats even behind tinted windows, but they would not be able to see the presence of an infant or child in the back seat. To reassure in the face of these difficulties, the vice president told Le Figaro ” speed cameras are never 100% effective, but the state approves them when the margin of error is less than 4% “.
By next summer, holidaymakers on the A6 and A7 motorways should be the first to test this new device, if it is installed. For the moment, the metropolis of Lyon has not communicated either the number or the location of these future radars on the roads from Dardilly to Pierre Bénite.
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