The case in summary Bane NOR will adopt a new warning system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent accidents at level crossings. The system will monitor 39 level crossings that are most prone to serious accidents, and automatically notify the locomotive driver and train conductor if a vehicle is stuck between the barriers. The technology will be introduced at 39 level crossings during August, and a further 25 level crossings will be secured until the winter of 2025. According to Bane Nor, most accidents occur because motorists, cyclists and pedestrians do not follow traffic rules. The new technology does not reduce the number of times something or someone gets stuck at the level crossing, but it does reduce the consequences of such incidents. The technology can detect people, but will not yet give an emergency signal. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Every year, around 700 near misses occur at level crossings. That is, incidents which could, in the worst case, end with people being hit by the train. Last year was a peak year. Then it almost went wrong 815 times. Now new technology will prevent accidents on the country’s level crossings. Using artificial intelligence (AI), Bane Nor will monitor 39 level crossings that are most prone to serious accidents. Train drivers are notified Nordby, Larvik, Tomter, Dal and Røros are among the level crossings with the most near misses, according to Bane Nor. See the overview of events in your area in Bane Nor’s fact sheet. Now KI will analyze images from a camera at the level crossings and automatically notify the train driver if a vehicle is stuck between the barriers. – Then the train will be stopped in time and will prevent an accident, says Sverre Kjenne, executive vice president for digitization and technology at Bane Nor. Photo: Hallgeir Braastad / news At the same time, train conductors, i.e. those who control train traffic, also receive an emergency call about the obstacle at the level crossing. – The cameras also mean that we can go in afterwards to check what has happened, says Kjenne. The technology will be introduced at 39 level crossings during August, after which a further 25 level crossings will be secured until winter 2025. See the overview at the bottom of the case. LEVEL CROSSING: This level crossing in the center of Stokke is one of those that will have the new solution introduced. Not following traffic rules According to Bane Nor, most accidents occur because motorists, cyclists and pedestrians do not follow traffic rules. The worst are well-grown people with poor time, stated Pål Buset in Bane Nor in a press release earlier this year. – Many hair-raising stories from train drivers who have seen everything from parents chasing children and pushing prams under the barriers, to elderly men with little dogs who give the finger when they are honked at by the train. NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES: Bane NOR states that several people sneak under the barrier. Photo: Bane NOR Project manager Petter Tuft points out that the new technology does not reduce the number of times something or someone gets stuck on the level crossing after the barriers have gone down. – But it reduces the consequences of such incidents. The train driver becomes aware of the obstacle and manages to stop well in advance of the level crossing, thus avoiding an accident. PROJECT MANAGER: Petter Tuft in Bane NOR is happy that the new solution is up and running at several level crossings in August. Photo: Guro Hatlo / news Tuft adds that no one is locked in at the level crossing. People can get out of the track by going under the barrier. In addition, the barriers are designed to break, allowing motorists to accelerate and drive down the barrier. Stuck on the track Irene Solberg – Those in wheelchairs cannot run away. Solberg has personally experienced being stuck on the train track with a wheelchair user. – Then the heart pump went off, but fortunately it went well. I got help to get the chair loose. Rose Linnea Kleppan – It will be interesting to see if it actually works. no more accidents happen. It’s a bit scary if it fails. – Don’t rely on luck Bane Nor has been testing the new notification system for 15 months. Among other things, the tests have involved checking whether the trains stop on time. – You can never guarantee anything, but the tests we have done show that when there is something in the track, the emergency warning will give the train conductor an opportunity to stop the trains, says Tuft. At the same time, the executive director is concerned that people do not take more chances, even though the new system creates more security. – People must follow the rules at level crossings. Don’t rely on luck. Look and listen for trains before crossing an unsecured level crossing. Do not drive out at the level crossing if there is a red light or if there is a queue on the other side, says Kjenne. Level crossings that get a camera Vestfold Line: Råstad Hasle Sandefjord Kjellberg Viksfjord Nykirke Tønsberg Stokke Sørland Line: Østfold Line – West Line: Jeløygata Feste Larkollveien Snarveien Lisleby Skjeberg Gjellestad Kråkstad Tomter Askim Løken Rakkestad Drømtorp Spydeberg Mysen Dovre Line: Gjøvik Line: Raufoss | Raufoss || Raufoss ||| Main track: Kongsvinger track: Nerdrum Disenå Sander Gjermshus Skotterud || Magnor Randsfjordbanen: Rørosbanen: Published 08.08.2024, at 13.31
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