type public traded as tsx ird industry traffic management systems founded 4 december 1980 headquarters saskatoon canada area served worldwide key people arthur bergan chairman products weigh in motion scales automated weigh stations vehicle classifiers its electronics & software toll systems fleet management services installation service and maintenance website http www.irdinc.com international road dynamics inc. is a road traffic management system engineering company headquartered in saskatoon saskatchewan canada . its services include automated toll roads commercial vehicle inspection systems traffic data collection products and traffic management software . ird provides weigh in motion wim systems that are capable of weighing vehicles while in motion and classifying them by axle spacings and speed . information recorded includes individual axle weights group axle weights and gross vehicle weight gvw . ird s weigh in motion systems are used at highway inspection stations to sort vehicles ensuring only overweight vehicles are stopped for inspection . this reduces wait times and improves traffic flow at weigh stations . ird s wim systems are also used by fleet managers to ensure vehicles are leaving terminals within the acceptable weight limits for their classification . 1 history edit dr. art bergan a world renowned civil engineer in the transportation field established ird in the late 1970s . ird s first product was weigh in motion scales . 2 by the mid 1990s ird had become established as a major player in the international commercial vehicle operations cvo market . in 1995 ird installed the world s first dynamic truck speed warning system for the colorado department of transportation . developed for the freeway west of the eisenhower tunnel the system incorporated sensors and an automatic scale to weigh and classify trucks . an algorithm was used to estimate the maximum safe speed for the vehicle as it approached the descent into the canyon . the speed was then displayed on a variable message sign accompanied by flashing lights . 3 ird south asia private ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ird that was established in 2000 and specializes in toll collection systems . as of 2011 update irdsa employs 160 people and has a 54 per cent share of india s toll business . company offerings include manual systems smart card systems and transponder systems . these systems include proprietary weigh in motion technology designed to help concessionaires reduce road damage and revenue losses . irdsa also manages data collection services in cooperation with the national highways authority of india nhai . 4 ird acquired the germany based pat traffic in 2003 . by 2009 ird had installed 10 000 ird pat bending plate scale weigh in motion systems . 5 in 2007 ird acquired a 50 % interest in xuzhou pat control technologies limited xcpt an intelligent transportation systems company located in xuzhou jiangsu china . xpct had distributed ird s products in china since 2003 . ird s joint venture in china provides toll road systems traffic monitoring and maintenance . 6 references edit stewart andrea . saskatoon company receives business excellence award saskatchewan trucking april 1989 . stewart andrea . saskatoon company receives business excellence award saskatchewan trucking april 1989 . samuel peter . smart technology used to make trucking safer more efficient washington times friday march 17 1995 . madhavan narayanan . ird s heady ride in india has hit some bumps the globe and mail may 5 2011 accessed may 5 2011 . ird achieves 10 000 installations of its bending plate scale wim system traffic technology today.com october 16 2009 accessed june 29 2011 . ird to acquire 50 % interest in leading chinese intelligent transportation systems company marketwire december 5 2007 accessed june 29 2011 . external links edit company website ird south asia website xpct website v t e corporations based in saskatoon crown corporations saskatoon light & power publicly traded corporations cameco international road dynamics potash corporation of saskatchewan star uranium united uranium private corporations areva resources canada canpotex crestline coach dynaventure farmers of north america first nations bank of canada guardian biotechnologies great western brewing company hitachi canadian industries il therapeutics prairie plant systems pronto airways qa technologies robin hood flour siemens transportation group sed systems west wind aviation yanke group yourlink co operatives affinity credit union concentra financial federated co operatives saskatoon co op tcu financial group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title international road dynamics & oldid 564318479 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangesoftware companies of canadacompanies based in saskatoonhidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2011all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu 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