Enforcement

Abu Dhabi Police Department, having added the 770 horsepower Lykan Hypersport to its stable of cars, has now equipped it with the ekin Patrol surveillance system. Claimed to be the fastest car in the world, the Lykan Hypersport appeared in the film Fast and Furious; ekin Patrol, which operates whether the vehicle is stopped or moving, makes it smart as well as fast. The compact ekin Patrol system monitors the speed of vehicles within its angle of view, recording licence plate details, speed, coordinat

David Crawford investigates new cost-benefit analysis of red light cameras. US states can now realistically calculate the economic benefits of using red light safety cameras, alone or in combination with other measures, to cut road traffic accident levels. The results could be of material value in making the case for the cameras as a number of state legislatures continue to debate their acceptability.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is urging the new government to increase its efforts in promoting road safety by giving targeted enforcement a higher priority. With the yet-to-be-revealed figures for 2014 shaping up to show an increase in deaths and injuries on UK roads, the IAM believes the new government must make road traffic policing a core priority function for police forces and commissioners in England and Wales. The call comes following a survey conducted by the IAM throughout April 2

Vitronic Machine Vision Middle East has received two prestigious awards awarded by the Dubai Police. For the fourth year in a row, Vitronic has received the Dubai Traffic Police Gold Award, which honours the company’s performance as a technology supplier, based on an annual survey within the police force and given to vendors that achieve over 96 per cent customer satisfaction.

From 13 June a new traffic safety system will be in use on the A282 (M25) northbound approach to the Dartford crossing tunnels. The system will identify and stop oversized vehicles or those carrying dangerous goods from entering the tunnels. It will also enable dangerous goods vehicles to be escorted through the tunnels safely and stop traffic in the event of an incident in the tunnels. Electronic message signs on the approach to the traffic safety system will provide drivers with information relating

The US National Coalition for Safer Roads has released new data on red-light running, which revealed an increase in the number of violations that occurred during peak periods of summer travel in 2014. According to the statistics, more than 3.7 million drivers in the United States ran a red light in 2014. A large percentage of these violations occurred during the peak summer travel weekends of Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. Red-light running incidents during each of these major summer t

Gatso USA has been selected by the City of Albany to install red light cameras at 20 of the city’s busiest intersections. The program will include 64 cameras across the 20 intersections. There is an expected two-month ramp-up period with a target start date for the initial units of 1 July. Along with public education materials and photo enforcement signage, drivers will have a ten-day warning period once the cameras are operational before the city starts mailing out actual notices of violation. Each vio

Redflex US subsidiary, Redflex Traffic Systems (RTSI), has appointed Michael R Finn as president and chief executive officer, effective 27 May 2015. Finn replaces James Saunders who resigned from this position to pursue other opportunities and will leave the position on 27 May. From 2013, Finn was Head of go to Market - Americas at Nokia Corporation’s Here. Prior to that, for almost twenty years, Finn held various senior executive positions at NAVTEQ in the US including, most recently, as general man

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has certified Kustom Signals’ LaserCam 4 hand-held speed enforcement camera to comply with its performance specifications for enforcement technology equipment. The fourth generation hand-held video LIDAR, LaserCam 4 is powered by the ProLaser 4 for superior performance and offers greater range to target, faster acquisition time, and image resolution of plates at longer distances providing a comprehensive video record of speed enforcement and target tr

The city of Annapolis, Maryland has awarded American Traffic Solutions (ATS) for the installation and operation of a red-light safety camera program with an initial term of five years along with provisions for future term extensions. In Texas, the Harris County Department of Education/Choice Partners has exercised its second of four one-year renewal options, ensuring that school districts in Texas that are members of Choice Partners may contract with ATS for school bus stop arm camera programs.