I keep seeing, when I am on the road, people in visi-vests sitting in chairs by the road side. The sign says "Traffic Survey". What are they actually doing, what info are they gathering that cannot be done be those electronic counters. Any ideas? Seems quite a nice job, sitting in the sun watching traffic. Barry
number of different things possible but favourite is counting number of each type of vehicle in each direction i.e. motorcycles, cars, vans, light
goods, buses, heavy goods which will be split into different categories based on number of wheels / rigid articulated etc.
Info is used for traffic flow modelling.
Another common option in peak periods would be single / multiple occupancy.
Jobs for retired civil servants as they are good at counting without having to use fingers.
how many of these are there in boston and lincoln ??
they sit by the roadside all day long
how dull
They're spies i tell ya. Big brother is watching you!! 
If they're counting occupancy then just for a laugh we should duck down as we drive by. I bet they don't have a column on their spreadsheet
for 0 occupancy...
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Originally posted by a4gom
Another common option in peak periods would be single / multiple occupancy.