NYC installs over-height digital warning systems for trucks

NEW YORK CITY, NY — The installation of a $4.8 million over-height vehicle detection system has been completed on two New York City parkways, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.

Using infrared to identify and alert over-height vehicles illegally using the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx and the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, the system can prevent vehicles from striking low-clearance bridges by using the digital screen’s messaging system to display the warning “Vehicle is Overheight”. This enables the driver to leave the highway before coming to a bridge. …Read the rest of this story

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