Data acquired through detectors becomes a resource of the future
State-of-the-art detectors are used not only for controlling traffic lights, but also for numerous other purposes such as counting traffic and for classifying vehicles, red light enforcement, calculating vehicle speed, calculating travel time, detecting parking lot occupation, etc.
Methods of data acquiring and processing from cutting-edge smart detectors are in accordance with the state-of-the-art methods for data acquisition from distant locations, where the devices themselves mutually communicate, which is precisely what makes them a part of the IoT (“Internet of Things”).