Patent ID: 7510347

Claim:
A machine for milling traffic areas, the machine comprising: a vertically adjustable chassis carrying a steerable traveling mechanism and a drive unit for moving the machine and for driving a milling mechanism coupled to the drive unit; at least one laser scanner disposed on a vertically extending side of the chassis for measuring the height relative to the surface of a traffic area to be milled; wherein the chassis is adjustable vertically in accordance with the measured values relative to the surface of the traffic area to be milled; and wherein the laser scanner is attached in a center side-wall region of the chassis, the laser scanner having a scanning plane disposed substantially parallel to the side-wall region of the chassis and at a height adapted for substantially continuous monitoring of a hazard region of a laser scanning curtain extending at least over a side length of the machine and producing a trigger signal if a disturbance occurs in the hazard region.