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By comparison with the snow paralysis which hit North America at the beginning of February, and the conditions endured by much of Northern Europe this last winter, it took only the lightest dusting of snow to bring the UK transport system slipping, sliding and then juddering to a halt in January.

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For twenty-some years I lived in Crawley in south-east England.

Bosch Security Systems is now offering a solution for enhancing CCTV surveillance with Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR).

Communication Networks (ComNet) is introducing the first of its ValueLine models to satisfy the demand for a cost-effective line of fibre-optic products.

Cybit has just launched a new 'suite of mapping tools for its Fleetstar-Online solution'.

Moxa has announced a new gigabit-performance Firewall/VPN secure router. The EDR-G903 series is designed to defend industrial networks by safeguarding sensitive control networks and mission-critical industrial assets by forming a trusted intranet environment. The series support three combo gigabit ports with built-in RJ45 ports and SFP slots for connecting to a WAN, LAN, a

FleetMatics, a specialist in GPS fleet tracking for commercial fleet vehicles, has launched the latest version of its FleetMatics System 7.0.

Stemmer Imaging, JAI distributor in several European countries, has announced the new JAI AD-081GE dual CCD camera.

Cellcontrol says it has adapted its technology to Class A (SAE J1939), an industry standard that will allow its Cellcontrol system to operate within a variety of fleet vehicles, including commercial vehicles, big rigs, school buses, heavy equipment and other Class A vehicles. Utilising the vehicle's onboard computer, Cellcontrol determines when the vehicle is moving at any speed and, based on a company's distracted driving policy, instantly blocks the use of a driver's cell phone, laptop computer or other m

Infinias has released Intelli-M Access version 2.0 software which now features a rules engine designed to give users the ability to transform capabilities into easily tailored, high-level features which meet their unique security needs. New actions can be added to the rules engine by third-party vendors to trigger actions in their product extending the software, according to the company, to near limitless capabilities.

Advantech has announced the TREK-550, an industrial in-vehicle dedicated box computer. When placed in transport trucks, buses, vehicle fleets and taxis, the device can be connected to a variety of monitoring systems, including OnBoard Diagnostics (OBD-II), a Car Area Network (CAN) and Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS).