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The Story Behind ELiMiNATOR®
How a stalled ambulance at one of Fort Wayne's busiest intersections turned into the idea, patents, and engineering effort behind the ELiMiNATOR® Emergency Vehicle Preemption system.
A Real Intersection. A Real Problem.
One afternoon, founder Dave Gross was sitting on Coldwater Road at Coliseum Boulevard in Fort Wayne — one of the busiest intersections in the city. Traffic was heavy, every lane was full, and movement in any direction was painfully slow.
As he watched, an ambulance came up behind the congestion, lights and siren on, clearly trying to reach an emergency. But every lane was packed. Cars had nowhere to go. For an uncomfortably long time, that ambulance was simply stuck in traffic, just like any other vehicle.
At that time, Fort Wayne had no traffic signal preemption. The intersection couldn't "see" the ambulance, couldn't help clear a path, and couldn't give it a clean shot through the signal.
“There has to be a better way to do this.”
That question became the seed of ELiMiNATOR®. Dave began digging into existing optical preemption systems, found their line-of-sight and range limits, and set out to design something better.
Revolutionizing Urban Mobility & Public Safety
SC Teknologies is committed to revolutionizing urban mobility and public safety. Our core mission is to provide municipal and county governments with centralized traffic control centers that enable signal management, data-driven analytics, and priority access for emergency vehicles and public transit authorities.
See farther, sooner
Optical systems are limited by line-of-sight. 900 MHz + GPS detects vehicles at much longer distances — giving the intersection more time to safely clear conflicting traffic.
Works with real roads
Not every corridor has wide shoulders or clear sightlines. ELiMiNATOR® is designed for real congestion at real intersections — where geometry isn't always on your side.
Not cloud-dependent
Emergency preemption must work when wide-area networks don't. ELiMiNATOR® makes decisions locally — between vehicles and intersections — even when cellular systems are overloaded or unavailable.
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Whether you're focused on response times, intersection safety, or smart city readiness, ELiMiNATOR® was built to address real-world problems at real intersections.