Tech stops car pooler cheats

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 06:30

New technology is stopping those who try to use the car-pooling lane at the Thonex-Vallard border.

Since 2018, there’s been a dedicated lane for cars carrying more than one person. But many single drivers have been slipping through.

And it’s been getting worse – recently it’s actually been a majority of cars.

Now there’s a barrier and a camera which can tell how many occupants there are – and if it’s more than one, the barrier will lift.

If the barrier stays closed, the driver is forced back into the main queue.

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