Controlling emergency variable message signs

Engineering & Marketing International
Technology

ControlByWeb

Industry

Traffic Control

Client

Abu Dhabi Highways

Country

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Goals

Alert drivers ahead of time to safely slow down and avoid catastrophic deadly accidents

Monitor severe weather events and proactively notify emergency personnel

Challenges

Sand storms impact visibility and endangers drivers

Sourcing industrial grade hardware to withstand high desert temperature

Sourcing hardware with open API protocols to integrate with software at command and control center

Solutions

WebRelay-Quad comes with 4 controllable relays

Results

Reduce number of accidents to achieve zero fatality target set by Abu Dhabi for year 2030

The Ministry of Transportation in UAE has mandated the installation of Emergency Variable Messages Signs on Dubai and Abu Dhabi highways


Through a system integrator in UAE, ControlByWeb products were selected and used to control these Emergency Variable Messages Signs. These signs alert drivers when heavy fog obscures visibility on highways during summertime in UAE.

The system has been installed in April 2020 and is still currently operational as of now.

 

ControlByWeb industrial grade temperature ratings can withstand the harsh temperatures of the Arabian desert

The system integrator used ControlByWeb devices WebRelay-Quad to turn the signs on or off and alert drivers ahead of time to safely slow down and avoid catastrophic deadly incidents.

ControlByWeb Devices have APIs which enabled the software integration of these devices with the Command and Control Center at the police stations responsible for monitoring highway conditions and controlling the emergency messages.