My car helps maintain roads: this is how Honda's new pilot program wants to contribute to safer roads
Honda believes that cars can help preserve the roads. And to prove it, he is taking inspiration from a small town in the United States: Dublin, a city located on the outskirts of Columbus, the capital of Ohio. Throughout the year, their neighbors see their thermometers lurch from almost 30º C, which is reached in the warmest months of summer, to -5º C, which can touch in January, the coldest time. That, in addition to spacious cabinets and a good range of options, forces them to be careful on the roads . As is the case on the highways and highways of many other cities and countries, including Spain, the pronounced thermal differences require careful and constant maintenance of the public road network.
Keeping the streets of Dublin and the rest of the state in good condition is basically a responsibility of the Ohio Department of Transportation (DOT), but its benefits are shared by all: authorities, of course; but also users and even automotive companies, especially those that manufacture vehicles with driving assistance that monitor data from their environment on the roads. From that premise, Honda engineers have posed a question: can a car contribute to better road maintenance?
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While awaiting the results that show its real scope, the Japanese multinational is finalizing details to launch a pilot program that seeks precisely that objective: to help the DOT to fine-tune the streets of Ohio , especially its horizontal signage. The Tokyo-based company has just announced a pioneering initiative that seeks, in its own words, "to help maintain roads in a more efficient and timely manner." "The system monitors the lane markings and visually classifies the lines from 'ideal' to 'needs repair.'
The system —developed by Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.— proposes that the vehicles themselves can evaluate the condition of the road lines using cameras, sensors and the coordinates of their GPS system. The information, collected "in real time", would be shared with the authorities in charge of conservation. For now, the pilot program will start in a matter of months, in early 2022, with a small sample. According to Popular Science , it will debut with two adapted vehicles that will focus on the 18 miles - about 28.4 kilometers - between Dublin and Marysville on Route 33.
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