Qatar’s traffic department tests Drone for traffic control! What’s next?

By, 2018-03-25

تجربة طائره مراقبه الحركة المروريه ، شاركنآ رأيك ؟#مرور_قطر pic.twitter.com/2mOlyVhS9F
— مرور دولة قطر (@trafficqa) ٢٣ مارس، ٢٠١٨

Recently, Qatar shows a desire to use new technologies in order to ensure safety on roads. One of these technologies is using drone for traffic control.

In a tweet on its official twitter, the department shared a video showing a trial for using a drone for traffic control, especially on busy highways and junctions.

The video shows a drone with the traffic department’s logo parked on the roof of a police vehicle. The officer sitting inside the vehicle controls the drone and directs it towards the busy road. The drone, fitted with a camera, projects an image of the traffic situation to a screen inside the vehicle, giving the officer a clear picture of the intersection.

At present, traffic officials monitor roads using cameras installed at signals or by being physically present at intersections to control traffic.

The drone will help capture the image of the roads and intersections from the top which will make managing the traffic easier.

As is the case with any new idea, there were a lot of people supporting and opposing the idea.