detectors presence of vehicles stuck on level crossings will be tested from mid-2015 and could be commissioned in 2017, to avoid collisions, detailed Monday Réseau Ferré de France (RFF ). The risk of collision could thus be reduced by 80-90%.
The radar equipment shall permit, when a vehicle is stopped on a level crossing, to inform the train coming, so that it can be stopped before the accident, told AFP the rail infrastructure manager, confirming a report in the daily Le Parisien .
Six appliances from test 2015
These detectors, currently being developed in the laboratory will be tested mid-2015 six crossings (three in Normandy and three in Rhône-Alpes). The aim is that they are deployed from 2017.
“The idea dates back to 90, but the technology was not then advanced enough” by Christophe Piednoël, communications manager RFF. “
” The system, if it works well, sounds the alarm. The only limit is the time “, he noted, stressing the need for 1,000 meters to a runaway train 100 km / h to stop.
Local authorities pay for deployment
If the development of these detectors is funded by RFF, which does not disclose the amount and the cost of deploying across the network will be shared with local communities however. They have not yet been accurately determined because they depend on the chosen technologies
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These detectors differ from speed cameras verbalize for drivers who do not respect the speed limit when approaching a railroad crossing, or while crossing the gates are down or about to be. A sixty crossings are equipped.
15,000 crossings in France
France has 15,000 level crossings. It found 33 deaths in 2012 and 29 in 2013, a mortality rate halved in ten years. According to RFF, 99% of accidents on level crossings are due to a breach of the highway code.
Among the 360 crossings marked as priority level in 2008, half have been removed date.
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