How much does a weather detector used on a highway cost?

Highway weather detector costs approximately 5600 RMB. This equipment is a core component of traffic weather monitoring stations, used to monitor wind, rain, snow, fog, haze, and visibility in real time, addressing the impact of severe weather on driving safety and ensuring the safe and efficient operation of highways under complex weather conditions.

While my country's highway network is becoming increasingly sophisticated, the variable weather conditions along the routes pose a continuous challenge to driving safety. Dense fog, heavy rainfall, icy roads, and low visibility can easily lead to traffic accidents and disruptions. To effectively address this challenge, deploying specialized weather monitoring equipment is crucial. Among these, highway-specific weather detectors play a fundamental role in the monitoring system.

These traffic weather detectors typically refer to outdoor monitoring units integrating multiple sensors. Their core function is to collect key meteorological environmental information in real time and automatically. Specific monitoring elements include wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, snowfall, visibility, road surface temperature, road surface conditions (such as dry, damp, wet, icy, and snowy), and air temperature and humidity. By continuously collecting this data, the system can accurately determine the current and short-term weather conditions on the road section.

The highway meteorological monitoring system is a complete system comprised of these front-end detectors, a data communication network, and a central management platform. The front-end detectors are responsible for data collection and transmit the data to the monitoring center in real time via wired or wireless means. Managers can intuitively view the real-time weather conditions across the entire highway section through the platform software, promptly identifying which sections are experiencing fog, where rainfall is occurring, or where road surfaces may be icy. This enables control departments to react quickly, such as issuing warnings to drivers via variable message signs, adjusting speed limits, or activating appropriate emergency plans.

Regarding equipment prices, the price of a single meteorological detector suitable for highways varies depending on the number of monitoring parameters, sensor brand and accuracy, equipment protection level, and communication method. A domestically produced standard model with complete basic functions and reliable monitoring of core elements such as wind, rain, temperature, humidity, and visibility has a market reference price of approximately 5600 RMB. This is typically the cost of an integrated, all-in-one device. In actual deployment, the costs of ancillary facilities such as installation poles, power supply, communication, and lightning protection, as well as the overall system integration and software platform construction costs, must also be considered.

The fundamental purpose of investing in and constructing a traffic meteorological monitoring system is to enhance proactive traffic safety management capabilities. Through early detection, warnings, and decision support for severe weather, it is possible to significantly reduce the traffic accident rate caused by weather factors, decrease traffic congestion and secondary accidents, thereby protecting people's lives and property and improving the efficiency and operational service level of highways. Therefore, this equipment and system is one of the important technical supports for building smart highways and achieving safe traffic.