How to count vehicles entering

[Alan_SeaSuds]

Hi,

I'm interested in getting a vehicle count per day to generate an average/customer. I've seen traffic counters that have a tube the cars drive over and this would work, however we'd have to go look at it each day. Also, they're mainly for cities to measure traffic and a bit more heavy duty than necessary. Does anyone know of another system? In this day and age, you'd think there would be a device that could be wired or wireless in the driveway or even in each bay. Does anyone have any idea about this?

Here's one I found, but it's the portable kind you have to go to to get the data.
http://diamondtraffic.com/product/Traffic-Tally-2

Thanks.

 

[JustClean]

Hi,

I'm interested in getting a vehicle count per day to generate an average/customer. I've seen traffic counters that have a tube the cars drive over and this would work, however we'd have to go look at it each day. Also, they're mainly for cities to measure traffic and a bit more heavy duty than necessary. Does anyone know of another system? In this day and age, you'd think there would be a device that could be wired or wireless in the driveway or even in each bay. Does anyone have any idea about this?

Here's one I found, but it's the portable kind you have to go to to get the data.
http://diamondtraffic.com/product/Traffic-Tally-2

Thanks.

Some surveillance systems have an inbuilt counter (Geovision, for example). Whatever is bigger than a certain footprint in the view of the camera gets counted. If you don't have a camera system yet I'd rather spent money on this than on a counter.

 

[PaulLovesJamie]

What are you going to do with the counter info??
What kind of car wash?
Just wondering because at my SS, some days I get more cars pulling in to throw away trash or turn around than I do washing. An automated counter would not give me data I could do much with.

 

[Alan_SeaSuds]

Some surveillance systems have an inbuilt counter (Geovision, for example). Whatever is bigger than a certain footprint in the view of the camera gets counted. If you don't have a camera system yet I'd rather spent money on this than on a counter.

That's a good tip. Thanks.

 

[Alan_SeaSuds]

What are you going to do with the counter info??
What kind of car wash?
Just wondering because at my SS, some days I get more cars pulling in to throw away trash or turn around than I do washing. An automated counter would not give me data I could do much with.

So far, what we've seen wouldn't seem to indicate this is significant at our location. People do throw out a lot of trash, of course. It's always an annoyance and an expense.

 

[Greg Pack]

I have a traffic tally I've used in the past with good results for the road car count. It needs a new battery installed. If interested let me know.

 

[Alan_SeaSuds]

@PaulLovesJamie - just to know some sort of average per vehicle and how busy it was yesterday. Nothing formal.

@cfcw - not sure yet. Do you read the total from the display? Thanks.