STISIM Drive (SDL) - PB - Police Begin

Begin police patrol. This specifies that a police man is present and watching the driver's speed to see if they exceed the specified speed limit (default = 55 miles/hour, 80.67 feet/second). If the specified speed limit is exceeded, and the PB event is on, then a ticket will be issued. Additionally, if the siren sound is active, then it will be played. Use the PE event to stop the police patrol. To change the speed limit that tickets will be issued at, use the Limit Speed (LS) event.

EVENT PARAMETERS:

PARAMETER 1:

Delta speed, in feet/second, that is used when computing whether or not the driver is speeding. This parameter allows you to give the driver some leeway when it comes to receiving speeding tickets. The value specified in this parameter will be added to the current speed limit to create the speed threshold that the driver must exceed in order to obtain a speeding ticket.

EXAMPLE:

1000,PB,5

This event is used in conjunction with the limit speed (LS) event in order to prevent drivers from speeding through the scenario. In general you would like drivers driving as normal as possible. Using the LS event and an occasional PB event you can try and force the drivers to drive the speed limit. The example shown activates the police officer after the driver has traveled 1000 feet down the road (1000,PB). The final parameter is the tolerance that is added to the speed limit. In this case we will assume the speed limit is 55 miles/hour (80.67 feet/second) and therefore tickets will be issued to the driver if their speed exceeds 85.67 feet/second. The PB event has no effect on red lights.