What is the Principle of Vehicle Speed Measurement?
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Vehicle speed measurement principle: The average speed measurement system operates through an automatic license plate recognition system. Two adjacent monitoring points are set up on the same road section to record the time a vehicle passes through them. The system then calculates the vehicle's average speed in that section and determines whether it exceeds the speed limit based on the preset standard. To safely pass through an average speed measurement zone: When you see an "Average Speed Measurement" sign by the roadside, reduce your speed to the specified limit and maintain it within the allowed range. If you exceed the speed limit at the starting point, you should try to adjust your average speed to the specified limit during the measurement section. As long as the calculated average speed upon reaching the endpoint doesn't exceed the limit, you won't be penalized for speeding.
I always worry about getting caught speeding when driving. The working principle of speed detectors is quite interesting. The common radar speed detection on roads emits radio waves that bounce back when hitting a vehicle, and the speed is calculated based on the change in wave frequency, similar to how bats use echolocation. Laser speed detection is more precise, like the speed guns used by traffic police, which emit infrared light and calculate the time difference of the light's round trip to determine the speed. However, these devices are greatly affected by weather and may malfunction on rainy or foggy days. Once when I was on the highway, I saw coils embedded in the road, which belong to inductive speed detection. When a vehicle passes over the coils, it causes electromagnetic changes. The distance between two coils is fixed, and the speed is determined by measuring the time difference it takes to pass. Nowadays, there is also video speed detection, which calculates speed by analyzing the displacement distance of a vehicle through continuous photos, though its effectiveness is poorer at night.