car load weighing device or the elevator light cell or both in the most favorable case a peak elevator is detected on the basis of the number of car calls 11 while the elevator is still taking in passengers when two peak elevators are detected within a given time window an incoming peak traffic mode 17 is activated however traditional identification works better if it receives advance information regarding potential peak times the traffic behavior of the building and the people traveling in it being known it has often been possible to input the peak times to the control system manually on site on the other hand the tf traffic forecaster statistics and lts statistics long term statistics 12 contain this very information needed by the traditional peak hour identification 14 the traditional peak hour identification system detects what is currently occurring in the building while the tf and lts statistics reveal what generally occurs in the building at this time in an embodiment of fig2 if the traffic type given by the lts statistics 12 in the 15 minute time slice containing the moment under consideration is e g u2018 heavy_incoming u2019 or u2018 intense_incoming u2019 typically e g between.