Enforcement

Transport for London (TfL) has begun work on a programme to overhaul the capital’s road safety camera network; replacing hundreds of old wet film cameras with modern and more efficient digital safety cameras in order to help further reduce casualties on London’s roads. According to TfL, safety cameras have proved successful in reducing road casualties in recent years. At locations where safety cameras operate in the capital, research shows that the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) fell

Vysionics’ fully integrated SPECS3 Vector average speed enforcement camera, the latest addition to the company’s successful SPECS family of average speed enforcement devices has achieved UK Home Office Type Approval. Unlike its predecessors, SPECS3 Vector is a fully integrated camera unit with all the camera, processing and communications modules built into a single, elegant housing.

In an order worth US280,000, Sensys Traffic is to supply an undisclosed customer in the US with speed in red light monitoring systems The order has been placed by Sensys' partner in the USA, Sensys America and delivery is planned to take place over the course of the current year.

The idea of average speed enforcement, or section control, in Germany has long been discussed by German authorities following its recommendation in 2009 by the 47th German Traffic Court Day. Interior Minister Boris Pistorius has announced a section control pilot project which is scheduled to be operational in Lower Saxony in spring 2015. Instead measuring speed in the conventional at a single point, section control measures average speed over a longer stretch of road. This method usually results in l

US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx has announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan of US$950 million to help pay for the reconstruction and widening of 21 miles of Interstate 4 in metropolitan Orlando, Florida. This is the largest loan the Department has awarded to a public-private partnership (P3). When completed, the project will relieve congestion in one of the country's most heavily-travelled areas. Known as the I-4 Ultimate, the project is part of the 54-y

RedflexRadarcam, Redflex’s flexible mobile speed enforcement system, has undergone testing by the Dutch metrology institute, NMi Certin (NMi), and verified to meet Dutch approval requirements. Said to be the first speed enforcement system to utilise dual radar detection for accurate speed detection in all weather conditions, RedflexRadarcam also provides lane identification, vehicle position and positive vehicle identification across up to six lanes of traffic simultaneously.

Truvelo’s ProLaser 4 speedmeter has been granted Home Office Type Approval for police enforcement within the UK. Picking up where the world-leading ProLaser 3 left off, ProLaser 4 has already been rolled out across police forces in England, Scotland and Wales.

Police in Florida and Iowa are using a GPS tracking system that shoots a dart-like tracker at a target vehicle, enabling them to remain a safe distance behind, but still have a way of tracking the vehicle’s location and speed.

Sensys Traffic is to supply a customer in Mexico with speed and red-light monitoring systems. The order, worth around US$174,000, was received after successful testing had been carried out with Sensys' partner in Mexico following a pilot order in the previous year.

UK supplier of traffic enforcement and management solutions, Videalert, is opening a new head office at Eastcote, Middlesex to provide even higher levels of support to its expanding portfolio of public sector customers throughout the UK. Tim Daniels, Sales and Marketing director at Videalert, says: “This new office will enable us to efficiently handle the significant growth in business that we have experienced over the last twelve months and accommodate our expanding sales and support teams. It wil