Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling
Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, usually abbreviated to MIDAS, is a distributed network of traffic and weather sensors, speed cameras and variable speed signs which control traffic speeds with little human supervision.
It is presently (2005) installed on the congested south-western stretch of the M25 motorway in the UK (near Woking) and the system has successfully reduced congestion.
It is anticipated that MIDAS will be fitted to the rest of the M25 and selected other routes in due course.
- Not to be confused with MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) or King Midas