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mjr350
28th February 2015, 01:12 PM
Does anyone know what the people who sit at roundabouts and traffic lights are doing taking notes. All i can think of is style of car (4x4, sedan, ute etc) or colour.
Its been happening on and off for a few years now and google cant help.
dads tractor
28th February 2015, 01:16 PM
Doing a snap shot of users ie vehicle types ,traffic density ,peak traffic flows ,or got nothing better too do LOL.
taslucas
28th February 2015, 01:19 PM
Yeah just traffic surveys to help with road building decisions.

We get heaps of those little rubber hose car counters around here.
the evil twin
28th February 2015, 02:31 PM
In an age of facial detection software, number plate recognition and lots of other recording and data processing options I would suggest the dudes with the pencils and pads are Amish undercover agents counting the number of carts, sulkies, drays, wagons or riders
mudnut
28th February 2015, 04:24 PM
Sometimes it is secondary students and Uni students gathering data for some reason or other.
P4trol
28th February 2015, 09:00 PM
They're counting how many Y62s are on the road.
Winnie
28th February 2015, 09:30 PM
They're counting how many Y62s are on the road.

Not many!!
BigRAWesty
28th February 2015, 09:59 PM
They're counting how many Y62s are on the road.

That wouldn't be hard
mjr350
1st March 2015, 01:54 PM
In an age of facial detection software, number plate recognition and lots of other recording and data processing options I would suggest the dudes with the pencils and pads are Amish undercover agents counting the number of carts, sulkies, drays, wagons or riders

They're usually indian
the evil twin
1st March 2015, 02:45 PM
They're usually indian

Clever buggers them Amish...
know how to make good curries as well
MEGOMONSTER
1st March 2015, 07:43 PM
I seen one on the Old Geelong Road overpass looking down onto the Princess Fwy on Saturday afternoon.
the evil twin
1st March 2015, 07:57 PM
I seen one on the Old Geelong Road overpass looking down onto the Princess Fwy on Saturday afternoon.

Q1... Did he have a Beard?
No - all OK
Yes - Go to Q2

Q2... Was he wearing a dish dash and sunnies?
No - he's Amish, all OK
Yes- ring the anti terrorist hot line... now
mjr350
1st March 2015, 08:10 PM
Na. No dish cloth
MEGOMONSTER
1st March 2015, 08:17 PM
Q1... Did he have a Beard?
No - all OK
Yes - Go to Q2

Q2... Was he wearing a dish dash and sunnies?
No - he's Amish, all OK
Yes- ring the anti terrorist hot line... now

answer Q1: Yes
answer Q2: yes may have been just sun protection for the neck

he was also on one of those laydown bicycles with a caddy on the back
the evil twin
1st March 2015, 08:31 PM
he was also on one of those laydown bicycles with a caddy on the back

... those things are awesome for cleaning your diffs.
Scares the bejeezus outa the people riding them tho

I did have one unsatisfactory encounter.
Forgot I was in the daughters Mini and not the truck.
Got him up to 110 on the freeway before I figured out what the screaming noise was.
Took ages to get the excretement out of the radiator.