(19)
(11) EP 1 496 487 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02

(21) Application number: 04015831.3

(22) Date of filing: 06.07.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G08G 1/123, E01F 15/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 09.07.2003 IT pr20030052

(71) Applicant: Bocchi, Claudio
43010 Noceto (Parma) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bocchi, Claudio
    43010 Noceto (Parma) (IT)

(74) Representative: Guareschi, Antonella 
c/o Ing. Dallaglio S.r.l. Viale Mentana 92/C
43100 Parma
43100 Parma (IT)

   


(54) Warning system for road and/or motorway accidents using signal interruption


(57) The invention deals with the field of systems for detecting the position in which a road accident occurred along ordinary roads, and in particular along motorways. The system provides for the installation, along guard-rails or barriers made of reinforced concrete (1), of an electric circuit or a circuit for emitting a signal (2) placed in order to be easily interrupted by a motor vehicle impact. The circuit interruption activates a processor (3) that processes electric data to determine the accident position and transfers these data to signalling circuits.
The signalling circuits can be of two types: signalling circuits (4) along the road route being surveyed, signalling circuits (5) located in assistance departments such as Traffic Police Stations, Fire Brigade Stations, First Aid Stations, etc.







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