{"id":1215,"date":"2008-09-05T23:50:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T03:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2020-12-25T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T20:17:16","slug":"the-elminator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/09\/05\/the-elminator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elminator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"The Eliminator.\" rel=\"lightbox[elim96]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/59609.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/t59609.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On August 26th 2008, a presentation of a new technology developed right here in Fort Wayne was made to the Fort Wayne City Council. \u00c2\u00a0Dave Gross, President and CEO of his company (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collisioncontrol.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Collision Control Communications, Inc.<\/a>) was accompanied by Indiana State Senator Tom Wyss.  It is software and hardware that helps emergency responders avoid collisions with each other and helps their vehicles through intersections by turning lights to Green if they&#8217;re not that already. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collisioncontrol.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The\u00c2\u00a0Eliminator\u00e2\u201e\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0is a cost effective, state of the art emergency vehicle traffic signal preemption and collision avoidance system. It contains two major sub-systems: The emergency vehicle sub-system and the traffic signal sub-system. It can dramatically reduce collisions involving emergency vehicles at signalized and non-signalized intersections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For videos, visit the WANE-TV website. \u00c2\u00a0For an audio recording (mp3 format) of the presentation to City Council, click here. \u00c2\u00a0His slide presentation is available as either a webpage or powerpoint presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"From left to right: Dave Gross (President\/CEO Collision Control Communications), Steve Zavodny (Engineer and President of J and S Resource Management) and Janice Zavodny (Owner and CEO of J and S Resource Management).\" rel=\"lightbox[elim96]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/59607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/t59607.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This was a presentation only. \u00c2\u00a0City Council took no formal vote or made any endorsements or promises regarding the product. \u00c2\u00a0It was felt that because of the importance and potential for savings that the presentation should be made. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Related AFW Post<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link to ATOS IT Contract Approved; The Eliminator; Lloy Ball Rally\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/08\/26\/atos-it-contract-approved-the-eliminator-lloy-ball-rally\/\">ATOS IT Contract Approved; The Eliminator; Lloy Ball Rally<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; <em>26th April 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 26th 2008, a presentation of a new technology developed right here in Fort Wayne was made to the Fort Wayne City Council. \u00c2\u00a0Dave Gross, President and CEO of his company (Collision Control Communications, Inc.) was accompanied by Indiana State Senator Tom Wyss. 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