Enforcement

Sensys Traffic has obtained an order worth more than US$200,000 for mobile speed monitoring systems for a new market in the Middle East. Sensys says their mobile speed enforcement systems are very compact and versatile, containing a radar, a processing and data storage unit and a digital camera. The system is non-intrusive and requires no in-road sensors. The equipment is ideal for in-vehicle operation or may be installed on a tripod. "The Middle East is our second home market, where we have previously del

In an effort to reduce the increasing number of road traffic accidents and fatalities on the region’s roads, and following extensive testing, the Kurdish Ministry of the Interior has awarded a contract for 300 mobile PoliScan speed enforcement systems to Vitronic Machine Vision Middle East and their local partner Safetico. Using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to detect speeding vehicles, PoliScan speed enforcement systems can detect multiple incidents over several lanes, and can detect vehicles which a

The CAM2M3DS ANPR camera from Netherlands-based Arvoo Imaging Products is an all in one system for automatic licence plate recognition applications. The CAM2M3DS is a fully integrated ANPR camera system, incorporating the camera, illuminator and processor in one compact package. The system contains two 2.3 megapixel cameras, one for colour overview image and one for ANPR and, according to Arvoo, is suitable for urban and rural environments, in all weather conditions.

The government of New Zealand aims to improve road safety in the country by installing more speed cameras nationwide. Currently, the ratio of speed cameras per 100,000 people stands at 1.3 compared to 2.5 and 4.8 in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria respectively. The New Zealand Transport Agency is to be allocated US$8.05 million to increase the number of speed cameras from the existing 55 units to 100 or more by 2015. Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges welcomed plans to increase

In an effort to make their roads as safe as those of Europe, the Sultanate of Oman is investing in enforcement technology. As part of this initiative, the Royal Oman Police has awarded Vitronic a contract to supply 200 fixed speed enforcement systems and 26 red light enforcement systems. Poliscan speed and red light enforcement systems use laser technology to detect the speed and position of vehicles in the enforcement zone, simultaneously detecting multiple violations across several lanes, even in heavy t

German traffic solutions manufacturer Jenoptik, which has already successfully installed systems in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia, is to equip a further 600 sites in Oman with the company’s latest speed and red-light monitoring systems. Jenoptik will also provide assistance with planning, carry out training, upgrade existing systems, supply and install software for an incident processing centre and support the commissioning process. The order, received from Waleed Associates and the

Swedish company Sensys Traffic is to supply red light enforcement systems to the Royal Oman Police in the city of Muscat, as part of a three party agreement with the police and its local partner, Trifoil. In a contract worth US$3.6 million, systems will be installed at complex crossroads in the city, using the company’s new RS242 radar to monitor violations, identify lanes and classify vehicles. “The RS242 radar is very accurate and reliable. This has been proven in competitive testing around the world and