Enforcement

Provincial Traffic Officers in South Africa have been issued with new hand-held devices by the Department of Transport and Public Works as a fast, information-verifying tool that will assist enforcement. These devices have been entirely developed and tested over the past two years by the Department and will be in operation across the Western Cape; a first of its kind in South Africa.

Sensys Gatso Group has received orders for traffic safety systems valued at around US$1million from long-standing customer the Royal Oman Police. Deliveries will commence in the fourth quarter of 2015 and are planned to be finalised in the first quarter of 2016. “It is an honour to be selected by the Royal Oman Police for these orders as we are one of three suppliers in Oman. It manifests our leading position and shows on the value we bring to our customers in relation to the competition. We are looki

StarTraq and the North Yorkshire Police Traffic Bureau received a high commendation at the Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Awards, which recognise achievements and innovations which will improve road safety. The commendation was awarded in view of North Yorkshire Police Traffic Bureau‘s investment in mobile enforcement camera technology in conjunction with StarTraq’s back office software to deliver a system that is said to be saving lives on the roads in North Yorkshire. Following a

US research and education charity Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released Speed or Greed: Does Automated Traffic Enforcement Improve Safety or Generate Revenue?, a study on the effects of automated traffic enforcement (ATE). Report authors Hiroko Shimizu and Pierre Desrochers state that the decline of road fatalities by 58 per cent is largely due to better engineered vehicles, seat belts and other safety measures. Although there is little credible evidence, the report says some ATE supporters a

Dubai Traffic Police has released data on the number of violations recorded by the newly installed Vitronic PoliScan systems; according to an official press release, the Lidar systems documented more than 51,000 violations in the first eleven months of 2015. Dubai Traffic Police uses PoliScan to simultaneously enforce a number of different violations and the figure does not include speeding violations. Presenting the figures, director of Traffic Police Colonel Saif Muhair Al Mazroui claimed that the Vitr

Police officers across Europe have begun a week-long campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of drink and drug driving, co-ordinated by the European Traffic Police Network TISPOL. Drivers can expect highly visible and widespread enforcement of alcohol and drug laws during the operation, at any location and at any time of day or night. TISPOL president Aidan Reid says: “Driving after consuming even a small amount of alcohol is dangerous. Drivers will experience slower reactions, poor judgement of

Sensys Gatso Group has received an additional order for in-vehicle safety systems worth US$1.6 million from the French Ministry of the Interior. The order continues a project started by the Group in 2013 and is expected to be delivered during the first half of 2016. According to Sensys Gatso, the use of in-vehicle systems has proven to be a very effective way to reduce road casualties. “We are proud and grateful that the French Ministry of Interior has extended its confidence in Sensys Gatso with an a

Teledyne Dalsa’s Manny Romero looks at how the combination of camera manufacturer and software provider can make enforcement easier. Californian video analytics solution provider Eutecus develops real-time images capture and high speeds processing technology for applications including intelligent lighting and advanced driver assistance systems.

Sensys Gatso Group has received an additional order for traffic safety systems worth US$774,000 from a customer in the Middle East, the fourth order received since June from a new customer in the region. The order covers the supply of red light and speed camera systems as well as software design work and is expected to be delivered during the first quarter 2016.