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'''Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling''', usually abbreviated to '''MIDAS''', is a distributed network of [[traffic]] [[sensor]]s, mainly inductive loops, (trialling at the moment radar technology by wavetronix) which are designed to alert the local RCC (Regional Control Centre) to traffic flow and average speeds and in ATM (Active Traffic Management) zones, set [[variable message sign]]s and, advisory speed limits along with littlemandatory humanspeed intervention.limits Onin theATM M25sections andwith [[M42little motorway]]s,human theintervention. MIDASCompanies helpssuch setas mandatoryRAC, variableTomTom speedand limitGoogle signsuse asthis parttraffic offlow thedata via ''controlledhalogens motorwayreporting scheme''systems.

It is installed on severalall sections of the United Kingdom's busiest motorways, such as the congested western stretch of the [[M25 motorway]] and much of the [[M60 motorway]] around [[Manchester]], the Birmingham box (M6, M5 and M42) and the system has successfully reduced accidents.<ref name="hacost">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ha-research.co.uk/projects/index.php?id=437|title=Cost effectiveness of MIDAS|publisher=Highways Agency |accessdate =2007-01-07}}</ref> Additionally, the system is installed on parts of the non-motorway trunk road network including the [[A14 road|A14]].<ref name="A14">{{cite_web|url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/22585.aspx|title=A14 Corridor Traffic Management Scheme |publisher=Highways Agency |accessdate =2011-07-18}}</ref>

The system replaced the Automatic Incident Detection '''(AID)''' system which was trialled in 1989 on an {{convert|83|km|0}} section of the [[M1 motorway]].<ref name="hacost" /> MIDAS was first installed on the M25 in 1997, after this section already had the [[variable speed limit]].

By March 2006, the [[Highways Agency]] aims to have MIDAS installed on more than {{convert|910|km|0}} of the English motorway network.{{specify|date=December 2011}} and itss now 2013 and a drunk guy has to throw edits into this wikipedia page, but this is my first so yey.

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