View Full Version : Seen on I-25. What is this??
So I saw seven of these on I-25 between Yale and the Franklin St bridge this morning. They weren't there yesterday. The things on the bottom look like large ammo cans and are locked with pad locks. I risked my life by pulling onto the left shoulder to take this picture, so someone tell me what the heck they are.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq226/1stuart1/Guns/0923000906.jpg
Traffic counters....same as the ones that used to use the rubber hoses across the road, but use lasers instead, so they can accurately measure speed as well as traffic count.
BTW, your shifter came in today, I just unpacked it.
theGinsue
09-23-2010, 18:11
Well, the "ammo can" looking things are obviously batteries, but what the main unit is/does is beyond me.
Now you've gone and made ME curious too!
ETA: Thanks for the info TFogger. Kewl!
Sweet, thanks for both.
So are they going to consider putting speed bumps on I-25?
Sweet, thanks for both.
So are they going to consider putting speed bumps on I-25?
Most likely they are either surveying average traffic speeds to review the posted limit (usually with an eye towards lowering it), or scouting it as a possible ambus....er... "speed enforcement" area...
Boy, nothing helps alleviate rear-end accidents and general congestion like speed traps.
theGinsue
09-23-2010, 18:17
Ever notice that on roads you feel 25 mph is safe the speed limit is 35mph but on roads you feel 55 is safe the speed limit is once again 35mph?
I just think it is awesome that you pulled over on the inside lane to take a photo. :)
theGinsue
09-23-2010, 18:42
I dunno. I've been staring at those pics some more and I'm not too convinced that they are what you say they are.
Are you sure they aren't used to produce some sort of alien death ray? I mean, if that's what they really are you wouldn't want the people to know that's what they're used for.
Look, I'm just sayin' is all.
I'm gonna go get another expresso; anybody else want one?
I just think it is awesome that you pulled over on the inside lane to take a photo. :)
I actually took a video as I drove by at 25 mph in rush hour traffic on the way down to the Tech Center. I did it in slow motion so you could make it out, but the sun was glaring pretty hard. So on the way OUT of the Tech Center I was doing 75 mph and didn't think it'd be a good idea so I just pulled over.
So what's the deal with the cracked windscreen? Why do I see so many cracked windscreens in this country?
Oh don't worry about it. It was like that when I bought it over three years ago. The wipers don't work now either. I really should fix that before winter...
BPTactical
09-23-2010, 19:53
Speed and traffic density counters. Yes they do the same thing as the bell hose counters you see on lower speed thoroughfares. The ammo cans hold data collectors and the data is dumped, compiled and turned over to CDOT. CDOT then build reports that go to the FHWA and the Transportation Commission. They in turn dictate the Maintenance budgets that CDOT receives for a particular region.
State highways are broken down by Average Daily Traffic counts and that also determines the budget and Maintenance Levels of Service assigned to a particular highway section.
That is why the highways in metropolitan areas are say, plowed 24 hours vs the highways in Last Chance are only plowed 12 to 14 hours per day.
Scanker19
09-23-2010, 19:59
So retards in boston think that those signs they used to promote the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie were bombs, but here they use military ammo cans for a counter and Stuart is probably the only one who cares.
God I love this state![Flower]
Seriously. I noticed the counter (top white part) right away, but when I saw that they were all attached to locked up ammo cans I thought, "what the hell is that?!"
argonstrom
09-23-2010, 20:15
Looks like someone had previously stopped to see what they are.
jerrymrc
09-23-2010, 20:16
So what's the deal with the cracked windscreen? Why do I see so many cracked windscreens in this country?
Have not been here very long have ya? On some you can go through one a year. Once you get to a certain point you give up.
My old dodge got cracked 4 years ago. Replaced it and 4 months later it was cracked again. Left it and have no new ones since. ;)
RkyMtHiGuy
09-23-2010, 20:19
Do they set off your radar detectors.
I have noticed that several months ago similar devices were placed up and down I-25, they look like little radar guns mounted under signs mostly with solar panels or on ploes, but no ammo boxes. They set off the radar detector but are obviously low powered. traffic slow down devices?
BPTactical
09-23-2010, 20:25
Looks like someone had previously stopped to see what they are.
No, but now you know what a "Data Specialist" for CDOT does in part.
Cracked windshields are an intrinsic part of owning a vehicle in Colorado. It is because CDOT has to make sure the highways are bone dry for retarded transplants that can't drive in the snow......
RkyMtHiGuy
09-23-2010, 20:39
Do you know the guy that runs the fiber network for cdot, cant rmrmber his name but met him years ago at user group meetings?
Cracked windshields are an intrinsic part of owning a vehicle in Colorado. It is because CDOT has to make sure the highways are bone dry for retarded transplants that can't drive in the snow......
[Beer][ROFL1]
Now you've probably started a flame war with some furrigner who should have stayed in SoCal.[Tooth]
There are some "native" Coloradoans who can't drive worth beans in snow either.... lol
SA Friday
09-24-2010, 12:09
So retards in boston think that those signs they used to promote the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie were bombs, but here they use military ammo cans for a counter and Stuart is probably the only one who cares.
God I love this state![Flower] We have 5 major military instillations in this state and a few more minor ones. So, the average CO'ian knows that roadside bombs don't look like ammo cans. They look like rocks, roadkill, potholes, and many other innocous things.
I'm just suprised the conspiricy geniuses on the site haven't chimed in on these contraptions yet.
I'm just suprised the conspiricy geniuses on the site haven't chimed in on these contraptions yet.
ummm... (tryin' to help out where I can)...
They are super ninja recorders that can trace all your cell phone calls and issue tickets. They also have video where they can record you having sex while.... wait.... darnit...
I'm not too good at the conspiracy stuff.... [Beer]
EDIT: And the CIA/FBI killed JFK!!!
They're measuring traffic patterns so they know where to put the roadblocks on election day when the president declares a national emergency and requests UN military assistance to quell domestic insurrection.
That's how you do it :D
ooooohhhhh!!! Nice one Jake... I guess I'm not that creative! lol.
SideShow Bob
09-24-2010, 16:31
Also a quick note about those count data collectors, They use microwave not radar, so when you drive by them take off your tin foil hats and wear them in your pants.
rhineoshott
09-24-2010, 16:56
Looks like someone had previously stopped to see what they are.
From full speed going the other direction!
The correct conspiracy theory is that they are small scale EMP devices able to instantly disable 99% of vehicles and 100% of traffic on major roadways.
However, they are gone now. All of them. I even took a picture of the same pole without them.
CrufflerSteve
09-24-2010, 17:48
The correct conspiracy theory is that they are small scale EMP devices able to instantly disable 99% of vehicles and 100% of traffic on major roadways.
However, they are gone now. All of them. I even took a picture of the same pole without them.
OMFG! This means that they are reading this site and they know who we really are!
Steve (maybe)
Yep. I busted the government red handed and they relented. Everyone carry me around on your shoulders and buy me beers!
HBARleatherneck
09-24-2010, 18:15
We have 5 major military instillations in this state and a few more minor ones. So, the average CO'ian knows that roadside bombs don't look like ammo cans. They look like rocks, roadkill, potholes, and many other innocous things.
I'm just suprised the conspiricy geniuses on the site haven't chimed in on these contraptions yet.
ok they are part of the conspiracy to keep the brutha down.
are you happy, now you got your consiparacy theory.
but they probably tell the alien our patterns so they can strike when we are on the roads.
argonstrom
09-25-2010, 20:12
From full speed going the other direction!
Glad someone got my joke! :)
theGinsue
09-25-2010, 20:52
I'm just suprised the conspiricy geniuses on the site haven't chimed in on these contraptions yet.
?? What? Did you miss my psot? http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showpost.php?p=242662&postcount=9
They're measuring traffic patterns so they know where to put the roadblocks on election day when the president declares a national emergency and requests UN military assistance to quell domestic insurrection.
That's how you do it :D
Oh! That's a good one!
theGinsue
09-25-2010, 20:55
Also a quick note about those count data collectors, They use microwave not radar, so when you drive by them take off your tin foil hats and wear them in your pants.
Naw, I have a potato in my pants. When it's cooked I know I've been exposed to too many microwaves and need to stay home for a while.
Yep. I busted the government red handed and they relented. Everyone carry me around on your shoulders and buy me beers!
Whatever, Stu. Nice knowin' ya. Sorry about your heart attack / traffic accident / plane crash.
steveopia
09-26-2010, 15:27
Naw, I have a potato in my pants. When it's cooked I know I've been exposed to too many microwaves and need to stay home for a while.
Is that a potato in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Whatever, Stu. Nice knowin' ya. Sorry about your heart attack / traffic accident / plane crash.
Choking on a ham sandwich, slicing your throat while shaving, slipping on a banana peel . . . . .
Just hire someone to do any work on your roof if it needs done. [Tooth]
Now I'll never get hired. That's for sure.
theGinsue
09-26-2010, 18:47
Naw, I have a potato in my pants. When it's cooked I know I've been exposed to too many microwaves and need to stay home for a while.
Is that a potato in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Yeah, I first started doing it at the beach and was getting the opposite effect than what I was going for - until someone told me it needs to go in the front.
First time I drove by those the other day, I had to do a double take in the rear view mirror. The ammo cans were the first thing to catch my attention!
Troublco
09-26-2010, 22:06
Those look like 20mm cans. Absolutely the best all purpose can ever built, you can make them into almost anything. I remember one outfit a few years ago that (no kidding) made them into small woodburning stoves; all the pieces fit inside when they were broken down.
Ginsue, it might help now that you moved the potato around front not to use those little white new potatos. Get a Russett, one of those big bakers. No, it's OK. You can thank me later.[Coffee]
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