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Hate potholes Google may have a solution for that
Article by: Darren Griffin
Date: 27 Aug 2015
Google has submitted a patent for the monitoring and reporting of road quality. The patent describes a system that makes use of sensors and GPs to identify poor road surfaces and provide routes that avoid potholes etc.
On the face of it the idea is a simple one but if you've ever suffered a puncture or wrecked wheel due to a pothole then this could prove very useful. The only issue I foresee is that the UK's roads are now so littered with potholes that finding an alternative route may prove difficult!
Source: freepatentsonline.com
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 Posted by DennisN on Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:51 pm |
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Uses a system of sensors - does that mean I report them when I drop into a pothole and wreck my vehicle, I wonder? Fire up my App and press a button?
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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| Posted by Cunninar on Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:10 am |
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Will have to leave the car parked in the driveway in Herne Bay then! Kent highways - atrocious.
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| Posted by norm2002 on Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:15 am |
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In the meantime, they could adopt Panama's way of dealing with potholes seen here.
norm |
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| Posted by gsmith99 on Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:36 am |
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So, if you're driving, see the pothole and steer to avoid it, how do they know there's a pothole?
Unless you can press a button to send the information to them...
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| Posted by K13ehr on Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:01 pm |
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I assume it auto sends it by wifi, not all countries are backward like us :D :D :D
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| Posted by boilerbill on Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:55 am |
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Just got back from there and I have never seen or ridden on such a mismash of potholes, small sink holes, failed surfaces, crushed road foundations, steel plates and the like in all my 68 years!
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