Bret Hodne: Measuring road deterioration to improve security

you will see road systems that are using this this infrared technology as the road system deteriorates they can adjust the speed limit accordingly so let's say you're going up interstate 35 where the speed limit is 70 mile an hour on the interstate system as that road network is declining there's digital speed limit signs that it may reduce the maximum speed to 40 mile an hour and so that technology is starting to be looked at very heavily by not only DOTs but also some counties and even cities of as the road network deteriorates and we've got the data there it automatically is going to be tied into the speed limit signs and reduce the speed limits down so that's pretty interesting use of this as well we just haven't gotten into that because we're you know we don't have high speed uh you know we don't have really anything over 40 or 45 mile an hour and on our major roadways it's typically 35 or 40 but you get you get you know roadways with interstate speeds or highway speeds and it could be proving to be very critical to reduce accidents