Enforcement

A speed-camera program in a large community near Washington, DC, has led to long-term changes in driver behaviour and substantial reductions in deaths and injuries, a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows. Automated speed enforcement is gradually becoming more common around the country but remains relatively rare, with only 138 jurisdictions operating such programs as of last month. According to IIHS, if all US communities had speed-camera programs like the one IIHS studied in

UK road marking specialist WJ has been appointed as delivery partner for the installation of the 3M Temporary Automatic Speed Camera at Roadworks (TASCAR) system for the enforcement of mandatory speed limits at roadworks within the UK temporary traffic management sector.

Sensys Gatso Group has received an order for traffic safety systems, including red-light and speed camera systems as well as software design from a new customer in the Middle East. The order, worth US$783,000, is the third order received since June from a new customer in the territory and is expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter 2015. “I am delighted to see that we continue to strengthen our footprint in the Middle East and that our cooperation with this new customer is evolving” says T

AutoVu Free-Flow from security solutions manufacturer Genetec is a new parking enforcement module for its AutoVu automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) solution. Genetec says it will help increase parking enforcement efficiency by providing a real-time inventory of vehicles parked illegally in monitored parking lots.

The former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red-light camera vendor has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge. As the CEO of Redflex Traffic Systems, Karen Finley funnelled cash and other personal financial benefits to City of Chicago official John Bills and his friend Martin O’Malley, knowing that the payments would help persuade the city to award red-light camera contracts to Redflex, according to a plea agreement. The benefits included golf trips, hotels and meals, as well as hiring th

Following the acquisition of Gatso, the Sensys Gatso Group has announced its new organisational structure, with the creation of two separate business units: The Systems business unit comprises the whole systems organisation, consisting mainly of the existing operations in Sweden and the Netherlands as well as the sales offices in Germany, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The unit will be headed by Göran Löfqvist, who has worked for Sensys for 15 years, as executive vice president Systems The Ma

An impending move to free-flow charging prompted a search for automated dangerous goods identification and over-height detection systems at the Thames Crossing to the east of London. Manned toll booths are increasingly being consigned to history by the onslaught of all-electronic charging. However, a secondary function of the traditional manned plazas has been to prevent non-compliant vehicles using the facility or to tell a driver that that they need to use a specific lane or wait for an escort. Automating

A new cloud-enabled performance management system from Xerox uses data analytics to help parking managers better manage workloads, make smarter patrol decisions and create high-performance teams of civil enforcement officers.

The latest addition to the well-known Vysionics’ Specs family is Specs3 Vector, which is based on the established Vector integrated ANPR camera. Unlike earlier Specs platforms, Specs3 vector is a fully integrated camera unit with all the camera, processing and communications modules built into a single, elegant housing.

The French Ministry of the Interior has shown its confidence in Vitronic’s new speed enforcement trailer, which offers five days of autonomous operation, by purchasing fifty systems, to be put into operation by the end of the year. A further 100 systems is expected to be purchased by the end of 2016. The contract will run over two years, and comprises delivery, operation and on-site and remote service. Vitronic claims the trailer, a joint development with its partner company Cegelec Etupes Grands Projets