Social Distancing: Traffic light systems on the shopping mile

Social Distancing requires that the safety distance in public life must be maintained. This requires constant regulation and monitoring of the number of people in shops and stores. Traffic light systems are the creative answer to this requirement. Here we present the smartest solutions.

Traffic lights have always been indispensable for maintaining order in road traffic. Due to the current crisis, the red-yellow-green system is now to be applied to business and retail.

Although many distance rules are currently being relaxed again, it will be some time before the situation returns to normal and the well-known model of the “sardine tin” makes a comeback. At the moment, the rule in Switzerland is that people should keep a distance of two metres between themselves. In Germany it is 1.50 metres.

Access must be regulated accordingly to allow only a certain number of people to enter a shop or even an office. To enforce this Smart Distancing, some ICT providers have developed traffic light solutions that send clear signals as to whether it is possible to enter a shop or office.