INCREDIBLE ROAD INVENTIONS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

[@jeffh5903]

The “Dutch?” It’s Holland, Michigan!

[@dennisturken7826]

I thought the same here in the Netherlands we don't have it😂

[@Dan-bp8ts]

They aren't completely wrong. West Michigan in general, and Holland in particular, are some of the highest concentration of people in the US who trace their ancestory to the Netherlands.

[@cdarting91]

I think they’re saying they’re copying a system that supposed to exist in the Netherlands.

[@bunchofparticles3580]

The LED lane markers are actually pretty neat, most of the other game changing inventions are probably not efficient enough to ever be implemented. For now, nothing seems to be able to keep up with the convenience and sustainability of a good train network.

[@markmalasics3413]

LOL, "game changing inventions." ROFL Another catch phrase people of the tech-addicted age just throw around without knowing it's meaning.

[@normanhowe-gl2tq]

As a former project engineer on the U S Interstate Highway System, I have not seen any device that is practical, cost effective and/or labor friendly!!! The methods in affect today are much more practical and easier to install/use!!!!

[@danielvermeer5079]

Norman, what's the harm in implementing devices that aim to save people's lives? If it doesn't work as traffic rushes past, the company improves it, until it performs as required. Long live innovation!

[@dennislink7957]

Those on here that say nothing on here is particle are the reasons our roads are as bad as they are.

[@mikeklinger1712]

​@@danielvermeer5079and who pays for it

[@bunchofparticles3580]

If you have decent public transport, the amount of roads needed to maintain can be reduced massively. That's why some of the better inventions are viable in Europe or Asia but will probably always be too expensive in the USA.

[@cdarting91]

I enjoy being able to hear the sounds of the freeway, the highway, the trains, and the aircraft flying overhead.

[@billolsen4360]

3:57 Lane barriers that can be activated remotely by a P.C. or a Smartpphone. GREAT! Can't wait to see what happens when somebody hacks into that system.

[@markylon]

You can build secure systems. Idiotic comment

[@k-9741]

I was thinking the same thing

[@MegaLokopo]

Windmills on or near roads to harvest energy from wind from passing cars, is actually counter productive. It would be better if the wind turbines weren't there, the extra resistance they cause forces cars to use more fuel to travel the same distance.

[@InsaneShadowMan]

Sooo...car tax? In other words, incentivisation for train usage? These are even greater than I thought!

[@MegaLokopo]

@@InsaneShadowMan Yea, but if you want people to ride more trains, building trains is a good start. Or if you can't afford to build trains, build buses which would also be affected by the wind turbines. I would suggest a yearly doubling of the gas tax.

[@garethaethwy]

Holland, Michigan not Holland, Netherlands... If anyone is going to talk about China, surely they should know the difference between the Republic of China (aka Taiwan) & the People's Republic of China: they are not the same, don't conflate them.

[@Michael-hb4wc]

The Dutch... in Holland, Michigan? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaeltan5736]

The Holland BPW system is in Holland, Michigan, USA. 2:09 ..."the Dutch have successfully implemented..." You might want to say "...the American city has successfully implemented..." LOL! I have seen the system work and it is very nice!

[@michiganengineer8621]

Michigan State University has had a similar system in use around the basketball and hockey arenas for over a decade. I think they've expanded it to cover most of the sidewalks on campus.

[@barrymatherly]

Came to say the same.

[@010falcon]

Seems like a waste to me, is the water/heat used, the rest heat from a powerplant Or how does this work?

[@barrymatherly]

@@010falcon that’s exactly how it works, wasted steam energy that was vented anyhow. They claim it reduces salting and snow removal costs, reduces slip and fall injuries and keeps downtown open all winter. Holland gets A LOT of snow.

[@010falcon]

@@barrymatherly yeah, nice. Thank you for the answer. They use a similar thing in iceland, but there it’s no surprise since you get warm water literally from the ground Yeah I can imagine that it’s better than usual snow removal strategies. I guess we could think about heating houses instead of the streets. Then again, what parts are heated, in front of government buildings? just sidewalks? Do people in the US actually use sidewalks, I thought in the US the people just travel the distance between car and the door to the thing they are trying to get to? Like here in Switzerland it’s mandatory to switch to winter tires, which helps a lot, thus I cannot imagine them heating roads, or are they?

[@bigf5627]

Pavement heating, in-road charging coils. How to waste energy.

[@catwithabat7163]

“The Dutch” *Holland Michigan*

[@cdarting91]

That’s actually a pretty normal amount of snow for California when we’re not in a drought. Parts of Japan have a cool snow melting system that sprinkles, warm water on the sidewalks and streets.

[@jaysonchilds4676]

why are the windmills so out of balance?

[@InternetKilledTV21]

The qi road might be a good idea if there's a price behind it. But if it's just kinda on... hard to choose who gets the juice

[@FC_Dobbs48]

"22 lane freeway in Canada" , then shows a variety of 4, 6 and 8 lane roads.

[@14Ties14-therealone]

It isn't Holland!!!!!! It's the Netherlands, Holland is the two prophecies near the sea!

[@klausstock8020]

It's actually Holland...the city named Holland, in Michigan, USA. Now, why the narrative mentions Dutch people...maybe he's referring to the descendants of the immigrants from the Netherlands from a few centuries ago? Well, these descendants are now called "US Americans".

[@strix.1]

Those wind turbine towers in the parks and long the beach are great...until someone's dumb kid sticks their arm in one when it is going at full speed then the parents decide to sue the city. You know they will because parents don't pay attention then blame everyone else when things go bad.

[@dgulssmith4063]

Finally a new vid, better go grab my popcorn

[@davidimhoff2118]

Oooo look at those pretty new pedestrian lights!!!....oh shit I just hit a pedestrian!!

[@Thelift2013]

3:59 head to Montreal, you'll see these things everywhere

[@pierreletourneau722]

Many years ago on Autoroute 13

[@Thelift2013]

and also on highway 40 at the "Ile aux tourtes" bridge when it was in construction (idk if it still is, i'm no longer in canada)

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

The East Coast of the US had large snowfalls in the winter of 2022-2023? Odd, as I live near Philadelphia, and not once did we have to shovel snow!

[@stefvandijk4678]

@1:41 This is about the city of Holland in Michigan, not the country of Holland (or The Netherlands) in Europe. These cityzens are NOT Dutch

[@b_uppy]

Bioswales are a better choice than the road drains in the first example. Easy to retrofit, they add natural filtration, as well as reduce paving heat, natural water biofiltration, beauty, etc...

[@LT_AndyTyler]

@techzone do you take recommendations for companies to feature?

[@BeeRich33]

7:55 that energy comes from bus fuel.

[@stephenlee5929]

Roadside wind power seem good, if you can collect or use it at reasonable cost. The roadside sound barriers with solar panels, nice but not sure how useful.

[@CX103]

Especially since they’re going to be covered in graffiti and dirt pretty quickly.

[@donaldp9259]

yeah...good luck with those solar panel/sound barriers in any U.S. Democrat-run city. They'll be covered with painted greaffiti and smashed up withing a week of being installed.

[@stephenwhiteley2879]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@hobie124]

I been to Holland michigan in 2019

[@vusiradu5681]

Underfloor heating system

[@tinacheez1450]

Great videos and comments guys, here, have my like

[@sgtry85]

Interesting to see Leicester featured in this video with the barriers outside the Royal Infirmary / Tigers Ground

[@Andreas---]

Wireless charging, is a very bad idea, for anything, there is around +50% los. It shouldn't even be used for phones because of the huge loss, imagine how much energy is waste, transferred to a vehicle.

[@klausstock8020]

They could use pantographs instead. Any yes, trolleybuses are still a thing, with eight trolleybus systems even operating in the USA and many more elsewhere.

[@gregfaris6959]

Many of these "miracles" have been in different stages of deployment for decades now, and however trendy they try to make them by adding WiFi access to road barriers or whatever, they all have drawbacks and shortcomings.

[@klausstock8020]

Used to run over flexible guideposts as a kid, with the bicycle. They were thinner then the ones shown in this video. That was in Germany, like 40 years ago. Seems they got forgotten and reinvented...?

[@nastyfall2009]

I show these to my grandma when she falls asleep, better than coffee

[@johnny-becker]

I have to work graveyard hours, so 5-6 days a week, I drive to work in pitch black roadways being from rural territory. Many of these innovative would work great if only the county would invest in them

[@a564-c3q]

Chemicals to melt snow? Like salt? Lmao dude...

[@Firefighter-youtube]

California’s on the West Coast

[@HeathenGeek]

I hear "hard working chinese robot" and interpret it as 'technology, research and innovation stolen from a Western country and sold as 'chinese (ccp) innovation'.

[@altanika9545]

This channel is what keep me going every day

[@T0rz1]

Have you ever tried to sit on the solar bench? Its hot as fck throughout the whole day...

[@kloertklokibril9599]

Ye mean holland in Michigan? Those aren't Dutch

[@maxpower6576]

Well the image on the video clearly says holland michigan... so fairly obvious

[@oceanbreeze5223]

SMART THINKING ! ! ! !

[@terp2726]

The Holland in the BPW snowmelt chapter is Holland, MI, not Holland/The Netherlands.🤣

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Uses huge amounts of energy and must run hours longer than snowfall to clear ice.

[@justincoleman7856]

Majority of these I haven't heard of except for the vertical axis (I believe only Europe has this, but I'm sure I'm wrong there) & for the CE deal, we actually had this installed at a local intersection. While it does work, there's other aspects of the intersection that do need work.

[@iceresistance]

3:13 They are all over Texas, they are usually there to prevent drivers from going on the Express Lanes when they are not supposed to do so. I see them a lot on I-35 (Especially on I-35E).

[@ProtoV33MK1]

Only place I've seen them near me is on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to prevent cars going the wrong way when the 3-lane bridge isn't running in 2-way traffic (there's a 2-lane and a 3-lane bridge next to each other, and they sometimes use one lane of the 3-lane bridge to add to the 2-lane bridge's capacity)

[@roadtrain_]

Imagine if one of those swiftgates malfunctions and swings out on accident. Goodbye to your head! Also the fact that the accident count went up during covid is kind of sad... because it meant the lower accident count was because drivers being stuck in traffic which meant they couldn't speed up fast enough to cause more.

[@simondahl5437]

Seeing as they are supported by cables, and look to be segmented, it’s likely they are highly flexible.

[@coltonwilsonmacaroni]

What is the audio in the video? I love the sound at 8:36

[@mortakaii]

Versilis SwiftGates are already in Montreal and have been for about 3 years

[@cdarting91]

“Two jacks” as they show up it has 3 jacks. Lol

[@wiktorbednarz229]

2:22 we have similar stuff in poland just concrete of "glass" (i dont remember the name o the material) and they are on highways to lower noise pollution in more populated areas

[@stevee8698]

It's NOT a ba-tree, it's a ba-ttery

[@DPowered2]

Not everyone says the same words the same way even other countries that also speak english

[@JohnFleshman]

Is it so hard to find footage that they just repeat the same bit o video over and over again just flipping the image once in a while?

[@alyasVictorio]

CE IP68 Solar is also here in my country too (Philippines), and that's way more revolutionary

[@larry4111]

That Omniflow does everything but walk your dog.

[@HomeOfMacWoeffie]

Holland Michigan is not the Netherlands, it's in the States. I was wondering as far as i know we the dutch in the Netherlands don't have heated walkways or roads....we have just 2 cm of snow in the whole winter for just 1 or 2 days....

[@hexshadow6647]

There's no way anywhere in America grew the balls and did something anywhere near relatively useful to the community whatsoever in the past forever.

[@michaeltan5736]

@@hexshadow6647, unfortunately for you, I have seen it work very well.

[@richj120952]

On the road "filter" for drainage. You are kidding, right? You have to clean it. The operating cost will be enormous to Cities and businesses. Just think of the pollution generated from those vacuum trucks and the follow up processing of that which was cleaned up. Not a good idea. Next, in surface heaters to melt snow. Again, the issues are pretty large. Maintenance is done, that required digging. The "call before you dig" system is OK, but fails to stop dig ups anyway. Locating exactly where each tube runs is an issue. I am sorry, salt it, or better yet, the sidewalks are required to be cleared by the property owner adjacent to the sidewalk. Good old shovel works, but a snow thrower will do too.

[@BPo75]

Cleaning has to be done regardless, question is if you are going to do it at the easily accessible filter pod up on the surface, or if you are going to have to track down the blockage in the day water tunnels and clear it underground.

[@BensalemFB]

That Germany companies sounds interesting

[@hustlerfriends3162]

Solar innova , I imagine how they’d feel if in few years everyone will drive EVs

[@frankhooper7871]

I live less than a mile from 7:15 but I've never seen those barriers - I guess they only put them out when there's a football match.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

I live in Britain and the countryside has been spoilt by all these white wind propeller farms all over the country and some are even in the sea spoiling the view and I wouldn't mind if the electric was cheap " but it's not 🇬🇧

[@John_Redcorn_]

Exactly what ive been saying. In a few years everything you look at will have a damn solar panel or wind turbine attached to it, but yay ‘green’ energy! 😃😒. Ppl, be careful what you wish for.

[@johnwarren2420]

Welcome to the New World Order Just Saying ...

[@fredashay]

There's a building near me that heats its sidewalk. It's clear and dry when everything else is covered in snow!

[@The_Official_Him]

5:18 So every time I drive my car I have to pay!?

[@bikeny]

Noise pollution: music during videos, road noise coming through my car because the roadway has grooves or is made of a non-smooth material.

[@craigr.h.laurent240]

Why is there that silly background "music" even while a narrator is speaking. That is rude at best and annoying.

[@josephbennett3482]

This year the east coast of the United States DID NOT experience any powerful snowfall , i live in Pennsylvania and we barely had any snowfall on the east coast....whoever made this video apparently doesn't live in our country and hasn't been here to the East coast because we haven't had much snow the past several years and it's only getting worse.

[@neuralwarp]

Airflow turbines. But that energy has to come from somewhere. So you're using diesel engines to generate electricity. Not efficient.

[@RL-ru2st]

5:27 you will got cancer riding those car while wireless charging

[@BilstereoGotland]

YOOO i live in Gotland sweden

[@commonground5214]

California is not on the East Coast.

[@maxpower6576]

But it does (a lot more recently) get snow

[@kornelisdijkstra411]

i am from holland

[@Entreri007]

First!

[@chrisherring9399]

What in the world is the USA waiting for we used to lead the charge. 😢

[@maxpower6576]

Too busy building walls

[@chrisherring9399]

@@maxpower6576 figuratively speaking, yes I agree. The racism here is out of control as a country we need to come together.

[@lostboy8084]

Because most of these are gimmicks

[@John_Redcorn_]

@@chrisherring9399 see you havent traveled abroad much

[@John_Redcorn_]

@@maxpower6576too busy NOT building them

[@John_Redcorn_]

Solar panels and wind turbines plastered on everything, everywhere. Welcome to the future. Ugh 😒

[@Simeo905]

I bet you can think of anything better

[@ltmundy1164]

Solar water heater I built @ a lakeside vacation bungalow near!y 50 years ago is still in functional use. Low tech/over engineered by current standards. Utilizes artesian well water so efficiently that it pulls double duty as radiant heater during colder months. Only requires annual RV antifreeze replacement of the outer loop of the dual stage system. Beauty is in the eye of the (designer/user) beholder.

[@baldisaerodynamic9692]

anything related to pedestrians are the worst ideas. stop giving pedestrians more ways to not pay attention. the best solution is divert these people under the road instead of on it.

[@mikeklinger1712]

I thought this is a much older video! The belief that half the world's drivers will have an electric car by 2026!😂 Yet the interest in these electric cars is dropping faster than Joe Biden on a set of stairs!

[@technomad9071]

We should control cars like animals

[@stevee8698]

It's NOT dataR mediaR

[@IS-L]

Electric cars popular! How many gins have you had…😅😅😅

[@richardcarson7094]

Don't expect likes from Americans when you refer everything as liters and meters.

[@markylon]

Same footage used again by mirroring it. YES WE DID NOTICE

[@matthewchang6263]

I wonder how many crashes

[@markylon]

Narrators favourite word: MOREOVER. you're using it way too much

[@gustavherm7642]

4:10... Siemens, really... with omnifow label on them !!! . Portuguese company called Omniflow: Sustainable Smart City Solutions. Use google, is your friend.

[@CallOfDutyMobile_4k]

What is the narrators voice called