{"id":50209,"date":"2023-07-09T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50209"},"modified":"2023-07-09T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:33:45","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-013-latest-to-receive-odas-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50209","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool 013 latest to receive ODAS cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The continued installation of the equipment to allow the Obstacle Detection Assistance System (ODAS) to be introduced on the Blackpool Tramway has seen Flexity2 <strong>013<\/strong> become the latest tram to have the camera put in.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Six of the Flexity2 trams now have the cameras fitted \u2013 <strong>001<\/strong>, <strong>002<\/strong>, <strong>003<\/strong>, <strong>016<\/strong> and <strong>017<\/strong> being the others \u2013 which allows ODAS to be used. As the name of this system suggests its aim is to help prevent collisions with the camera detecting any obstructions on the line ahead and when it does applying the service brake (and not the emergency brake).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50210\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50210\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50210\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50210\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/013-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/013-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/013-mm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/013-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/013-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">013 calls at South Pier heading north. The three cameras for ODAS are seen in the upper cab window. (Photograph by Michael Morton, 6th July 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The continued installation of the equipment to allow the Obstacle Detection Assistance System (ODAS) to be introduced on the Blackpool Tramway has seen Flexity2 013 become the latest tram to have the camera put in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50211,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209\/revisions\/50211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}