SecurOS Soffit helps to ensure safe pedestrian crossings in Saratov
ISS installed six intelligent complexes of the light accompaniment of pedestrians at unregulated crosswalks. The customer was the Committee of Road Facilities, Repair, and Transport of the City Administration.
SecurOS Soffit became part of the Saratov Intelligent Transport System (ITS) which is being created within the national project “Safe and High-Quality Motorways” and includes state-of-the-art technology solutions designed for making urban life safe and comfortable. SecurOS Soffit allows solving one of the main ITS tasks – reduce the number of road traffic accidents with human casualties on the city’s road network.
The complexes are installed at unregulated crosswalks in the area of Stroiteley prospect 9; Ilyinskaya square 1B; Antonova street 3; Radishchev street 64; Vysokaya street 7, and Tankistov street 64. The installation sites were chosen for a reason: these sites are emergency areas where pedestrian accidents have been recorded repeatedly. Therefore, increasing the safety level of road users on these road sections is prevail.
The bright illumination accompanying the crossing man makes the pedestrian much more visible for the driver from a sufficient distance for timely braking. And the pedestrians’ waiting time for a window in the traffic at night almost near this rate in the daytime. SecurOS Soffit successfully operates in Velikiy Novgorod, Tver, Arkhangelsk, and other cities of Russia. It is no coincidence that in December 2020, SecurOS Soffit was named by ROSDORNII as the best innovative solution for the road industry.