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Old 10-31-2022, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by maistocars View Post
I believe putting in the timed function needs to be underground to feel the weight of a vehicle and that is an expense that is quite high if they didn't do it when the road was first built.
They don't put scales underground. The sensing is done as a metal detector picking up metal. It is simply a cut in the road that wire is laid into then covered up.
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