A1: First calibrated vehicle scales for free-flowing traffic put into operation

2023-11-02 05:46:05

Vienna (OTS) –

• For the first time in Austria, Kapsch TrafficCom has built a system with calibration approval for precise measurements
• Weight measurements in freeway traffic are technologically challenging

2. November 2023 – Excessively heavy and overloaded vehicles cause high stress and wear on the roads, which significantly shortens the lifespan of the infrastructure.

In addition, overloaded vehicles pose extraordinary safety risks for other road users due to enormously extended braking distances. This makes it all the more important to ensure compliance with the maximum permissible vehicle and axle weights.

„We are very pleased that we have succeeded, for the first time in Austria, in bringing a weight measuring system for normal speeds into a calibratable accuracy class“, says Thomas Reznicek, sales manager for Austria & Switzerland at Kapsch TrafficCom. “This now gives the authorities the opportunity to detect any overloading directly in the flow of traffic, without having to divert the vehicles to specially equipped traffic control points and stop them.“

Systems for weight measurement at normal speeds (WIM – Weigh in Motion) determine the current axle and total weights within a few tenths of a second using precision sensors permanently installed in the road. The sensors also detect the individual maximum permissible weight categories and the speed of passing vehicles. The data is used on the one hand to calculate the wear and tear on the infrastructure and on the other hand to track violations.

Since 2015, Kapsch has built ten WIM systems for ASFINAG in the flow of traffic on the Austrian motorway and expressway network, including an IT center at the ASFINAG location in Inzersdorf near Vienna. On the A1 in Lower Austria, the first WIM system has now been specially upgraded to achieve the required accuracy class. After type approval and a demanding calibration, testing and acceptance procedure lasting several days, calibration was now successfully carried out in Austria for the first time.

Questions & Contact:

Sandra Bijelic
Head of Corporate Communications
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
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