On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:04:55 +0000 (UTC), "Shirtie"
wrote:

Recently when driving around I've noticed what appear to be weather stations
positioned by the side of roads. Trouble is you see one then you start
noticing them all over the place !!!

They are all on poles about 10 ft high, look to be solar powered, and have
various instruments on. These are presumably for measuring wind strength,
direction, temperature, etc. From what I can see they aren't the air quality
measuring stations that are also cropping up.

I've noted them on the M4 (betwen Reading and Newbury) , M4 spur road to
Heathrow, A22 Godstone, Surrey.

Hopefully someone will be able to enlighten me as to what they are used for
and who they belong to.

They seem to be on all motorways and trunk routes, along with other
strange roadside furniture, often with a solar panel on a pole.

Steve Warren, who is a regular here, also has a website partly devoted
to roadside objects (speed cameras) - I haven't read all of his
excellent site:

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk

but there may be some information there about them, bearing in mind
his dual interests.

Steve may also be able to give you a direct answer.

JPG


Thanks