Enforcement

The UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working in partnership with Go Safe Wales on its Relevant Speed Limits campaign. The campaign uses three themes to improve drivers’ compliance with speed limits: education – on the devastating effect it can have on family and friends through not adhering to the relevant speed limits; enforcement – through speed cameras catching motorists speeding, not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone; and engineering – working with partners to decide the m

As part of a program to better enforce tailgating offences which caused 22 deaths and 426 injuries in Dubai in 2013, Dubai Traffic Police has completed tests comparing Vitronic’s PoliScan speed enforcement systems to standard radar systems on one of the city`s main roads. According to officials the Lidar-based Vitronic systems were six times more efficient than conventional technologies. “The speed camera was successful in tracking motorists who won’t leave enough distance on the roads, which is the maj

Intertraffic 2014 sees the announcement of a strategic partnership between Vitronic and enforcement service provider Vetro Verkehrselektronik, which will allow customers to purchase Vitronic PoliScan systems bundled with Veytro services, for German and international customers. The partnership between Vitronic and Vetro creates a portfolio of market leading traffic safety solutions with Lidar-based technology and comprehensive services; in addition to measurement technology, it provides vehicles and exper

Truvelo UK’s D-CAM digital speed and red light enforcement camera has now gained UK Home Office Type Approval. The camera has been approved for both front and rear photography which, together with choices for the positioning of road markings for secondary speed checks, dramatically increases siting flexibility, as well for as speed on green enforcement. A patented solution which forms a part of the Home Office type approval is the ability to monitor signal phases on newer-generation LED traffic lights.

Following extensive testing, Queensland Police Service (QPS) in Australia has opted to buy Vitronic Lidar-based PoliScan mobile laser speed enforcement systems to modernise its current mobile fleet of wet-film radar systems. The PoliScan systems will be installed in QPS vehicles, with integration into QPS’ existing PoliScan connect case processing software. PoliScan systems for speed and red light enforcement utilise Lidar (light detection and ranging) to detect violations. A scanning laser records the

UK communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce in April 2014 that local authorities will be prohibited from using CCTV cameras for enforcement of parking regulations. Static and mobile CCTV cameras are used by at least 75 councils to catch people not returning to their vehicles before the meter expires, with 9 million parking fines issued per year, according to estimates. Pickles has proposed controversial reforms to local authority parking enforcement, including banning the use of CCTV, saying h

Singapore is trialling average speed cameras on the Changi coastal road, which has been the site of many accidents, despite the speed limit being sent to 70 km/hour. Spot speed cameras have been in use since 1992, but motorists will have a much harder time evading the new technology, which calculates a vehicle's average speed over a stretch to determine if it is breaching the speed limit. The cameras are mounted on gantries at two different locations about four kilometres apart. Singapore Road Saf