Speed Sensor

Speed sensors are machines used to detect the speed of an object, usually a transport vehicle. They include:

  • Wheel speed sensors
  • Speedometers
  • Pitometer logs
  • Pitot tubes
  • Airspeed indicators
  • Piezo sensors (e.g. in a road surface)
  • LIDAR
  • Doppler radar
  • ANPR (where vehicles are timed over a fixed distance)
  • Laser surface velocimeters for moving surfaces

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    “If it be aught toward the general good,
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    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)