Re: OT: New Speed Camera's

["Campbell Macdonald" <campbell@xxxxxxx>]

Additional info..
We have just received this from mates in the police.
Be aware of the new speed cameras which are being
erected the complete length of the 'A' and 'M Roads.
They are recognised by tall blue coloured poles and a
small aerial pole next to it. We may have a possible
stay of execution, due to the privacy law up-holding
these units from being switched on. At the moment it
is being debated within Parliament.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last weekend on
the M1, netting 4,300 offenders in a single day. The
system does not use instantaneous speed like the
cameras we're all familiar with, instead measuring the
average speed of every vehicle over a distance of
about a mile.
How? By reading your license plates and matching them
up camera -to-camera. Kent and Leicestershire police
are so impressed with it that systems are being
erected in their enforcement areas too. This is a new
system that has now entered service after successful
trials on the M1 and M20 in the UK.
SPEEDCHECK SVDD (Sureway Video Detection Device) is a
system similar in concept to the GATSO, but with a new
twist. SVDD deploys cameras at either end of a
measured baseline, (up to 500 metres) to monitor
vehicles 24 hours a day. Using machine vision,
vehicle number plates are read, and the precise time
of each observation recorded and as a vehicle passes
the second camera, the number plate records are
matched, and an average speed for the vehicle is
calculated. If this is above the trigger speed, then
the vehicle's identification is recorded along with
it's speed. It is also flashed up on a huge
illuminated sign further down the road to embarrass
the driver into slowing down. When triggered, the
detection technology used in these cameras
automatically records the date, precise time, location
and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a
detailed image of the front of the vehicle, which
clearly records the number plate, make, model, who is
driving and colour of the vehicle.
There's five overriding reasons for the habitual
speeder to be afraid of this system. Or may be there
could be the implication of a sixth reason, What if
s/he is not your fulltime other half!
1. It works 24 hours a day.
2. Needs no film!
3. Uses no flash!
4. Uses no radar!...So, bad luck all
those of you who think that radar detectors work.
5. It's been proven to be over 99%
accurate in almost all weather conditions.
It doesn't do spot-speed checking. A GATSO can only
check the speed of a vehicle within a certain range,
so the tactic most drivers use now is to slow down for
the camera and then speed up again once past it.
SPEEDCHECK measures average speed over a known
distance. So if you do 60mph under each camera and
then speed up to 80 mph in between, your average speed
is likely to be near 70mph - 10 over the limit
imposed, you're nicked. SVDD say this means that the
system can impose a far smoother flow of traffic
eliminating slow-fast driving that the GATSO cameras
provoke. Because it's
automated, the system is entirely self-sufficient.
It's hooked up to the DVLA computers, and can
automatically process the fines and send out notices
in the post.
It's Big Brother. Don't believe for a moment that this
technology will only be used to catch speeders. It can
be used to keep track of where every single car in the
country is at any given moment in time once the
network of these things becomes broad enough. Warning
to M25 Motorists. If you are a driver then this is
important! Even if you aren't, you know people who
are, so it is still important!
Please pass this one on to as many people as you can.
There are 60 new cameras that start operating on the
M25 on Monday 14 June 2001. These are between the A3
and M40. They are digital and linked direct to
computer, use no film or flashgun. They can deal with
60,000 tickets EVERY HOUR. The cameras are also
(apparently) linked and can workout your average speed
between them. So, if you speed up between them and
slow down as you approach them, if your average speed
is over the "legal limit + No %" threshold you may
well get a ticket.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA List" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:06 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: New Speed Camera's


> I just received an email about those new speed camera's going live
> nationally, anyone else heard such a rumor? I would have thought it
was
big
> news.
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