Lamp-post mounted equipment ???

James_N

Several, but not all, of the lampposts on THIS stretch of road have equipment attached about 2 - 3 metres up.

What are they?

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6187943,-4.011845,3a,75y,145.84h,91.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7rCnWAJ6Z-WsBfCFybnvEA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.618614,-4.0139235,3a,75y,190.32h,83.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG1x0_pRoMzEOAgw1VU8JYw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

foxy-stoat

Could be nodes that control the lights.

EdGasketTheSecond

It looks like its to catch dogs pooping illegally.

coffeehound

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

It looks like its to catch dogs pooping illegally.

If only! Maybe vehicle detectors for traffic counting? With all the new buildings going up maybe they will need to put in new traffic lights?

daveyjp

If it is a busy main road near a major city they could be air quality monitoring units gathering data.

The data is used to devise a clean air zone charging regime,

James_N

So basically no-one knows, because it isn't any of the above.

unforeseen

James_N wrote: »

So basically no-one knows, because it isn't any of the above.

So, does that mean that you know what they are since you categorically state that it is none of the above?

Sounds like everybody has wasted there time.

coffeehound

In the absence of anything further from the OP, from a bit of googling, they look like 'Remote Traffic Microwave Radar Sensors' to me.

debtdebt

James_N wrote: »

So basically no-one knows, because it isn't any of the above.

Why don't you tell us then Sherlock.

DoaM

James_N wrote: »

because it isn't any of the above.

How do you know? If you do know, why the hell did you bother asking?

James_N

coffeehound wrote: »

In the absence of anything further from the OP, from a bit of googling, they look like 'Remote Traffic Microwave Radar Sensors' to me.

Quite possibly. They look the same. So why so random? And why in place for so long? To whom would they report, and how?