TAPCO recently assisted the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in designing and installing a unique Non-Intrusive Traffic Control System with equipment that determines the type and speed of individual vehicles to help prevent rollovers at a particularly dangerous stretch of highway in the Milwaukee area. Rather than the more typical system which incorporates in-pavement loop vehicle detectors, this new TAPCO system utilizes a combination of three technologies, microwaves, Ultra Sonic and Infra Red detection which eliminates the need for in-pavement installation. This non-intrusive detection system greatly reduces long term maintenance costs as any in-pavement equipment install will, in time need to be replaced.

The other unique feature that a microwave detection system has to offer is that it can determine the type of vehicle, i.e. motorcycle, car, van/pickup, bus, truck, semi-trailer or truck with a trailer. This is very important due to the fact that the bigger the vehicle the more possibility of an over speed rollover.

Lastly, any system that falsely alarms drivers to over speed soon becomes ignored. This new TAPCO system is designed to greatly eliminate false alarms.