Bridge Warning System: Bridges and Vibrational Warning Lights

Automotive Guide Bridges and Vibrational Warning Lights

By: Lance Winslow

Automotive Guide

About the scariest place for a motorist to be during high winds or an Earthquake is on a bridge. In fact during the last San Francisco area quake we saw cars falling from the bridge into the San Francisco Bay, some people were quite excited to see thus, until they started to think; Hey those are real people, oh my God? But of course God was nowhere to be found on that day. Could man have saved those people? Maybe, maybe not, as we cannot predict Earthquakes quite yet, but we could have prevented those just coming onto the bridge that a seismic event was beginning to occur. How so you ask? Well, with warning lights, which do not run off of power, but rather the actual vibrations of the Earth, which would be immediately exacerbated as the Earthquakes very first movements begin to occur.

How could we build a warning light, which would warn of an Earthquake in progress or soon to be in progress with out using electricity? Well it is possible with vibrational energy using electromagnetic induction technology to charge a capacitor instead of the lights working off a battery or power source.

Currently there are some nifty micro-flashlights being used which you can buy which use a similar technique and are available thanks to the Everlite Flashlight technology research lab. These smaller flashlights work by shaking them for about thirty seconds and shine for about 6 minutes and they shine quite bright since they use a very bright LED light. Here is a link to this home use flashlight:

http://demo.physics.uiuc.edu/LectDemo/scripts/demo_descript.idc?DemoID1138

I propose we use slightly more sophisticated units to shine down on the cars are all angles in a red color just prior to the quake this, gives those entering the bridge to stop and those on the bridge to put their cars on safe zone or on pieces of roadway which are directly supported by the vertical infrastructure of the bridge. Although this concept is a thought in progress, it is worthy of mention and should be studied, thank you for thinking on this.

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Automotive Guide Tag : Bridge Warning System   Earthquake   San Francisco Bay

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