The passadeiras are designed to ensure that children cross a passeio to or from another safely. No entanto, isto nem always fulfilled. For example, in Spain 91 people were killed in 2020.
To avoid this, it would be necessary to improve the infrastructure, but also a greater awareness for drivers, not a sense of intensifying precautions within cities and for children, in order to avoid crossing the road in an unintentional manner.
In order to ensure compliance with the rules and avoid accidents, the authorities will follow different strategies on the roads. More commonly, installing some exits on the passadeira, done before this, to ensure that the driver reduces speed, or installing cameras that automatically penalize drivers who pass a red traffic light. But why not invest in technology to reduce accident rates?
Smart Passadeiras
Just as in other areas of mobility, passengers can also rely on technology to improve safety.
De facto, many cities are already applying signalization technology by installing smart passadeiras to reduce traffic accidents. These paths are composed of sensors that detect the presence of two people at a distance of four meters. The system uses white LED lights that allow drivers to be alerted to the existence of pedestrians about to cross. A measure that significantly reduces risk situations, allowing people to cross in a safer way.
Connected road safety
This technology, which has already been used in some Spanish cities, allows us to control the number of people who use the passadeira daily, thanks to the data collected by the sensors and which are automatically transmitted to a remote control center for global management, which means more of a non-sense pass on intelligent roads and in the reduction two number of accidents on the road.
