SPEC+SVDD Cameras
16 May 2001, 06:21 PM
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Had this given to me today. Thought it might interest a few of you. Sorry if its all been said before. Here Goes
"From Monday 14 June 2001 all drivers of speeding vehicles should be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the complete length of "A"and "M" roads in the UK. They are recognised by a tall blue pole and a small arieal pole next to it.We may have possible stay of execution,due to the privacy law up-holding these units from being switched on.At the moment it is being debated in parliament.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,netting 4300 offenders in one day.The system does not use instantaneous speed like thecameras were all familiar with,instead measuring the 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 which has now entered service after successful trials on the M1 and M20 in the UK.
SPEEDCHECK SVDD(sureway video detection equipment) is a system similar in concept to the Gatso, but with a new twist.SVVD 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 a trigger speed, then the vehicles identification is recorded along with its speed. It is also flashed up on an illuminated screen further down the road to embarress the driver into slowing down.
When triggered the equipment automatically records the date,time,precise location and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a detailed image of the front of the vehicle which cearly records the number plate, model and who is the driver of the vehicle.
There are five overriding reasons for the habitual speeder to be afraid of this system.
1 It works 24/7
2 Needs no film
3 uses no flash
4 uses no radar
5 Its been proven to be over 99% accurate in all weather.
It doesnt do spot speed ckecking. 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 then speed up once past it.
Speedcheck measures the average speed over a known distance. So if you do 60 mph under each camera and then speed up to 80mph in between , your average speed is likely to be 70mph-10mph over the limit imposed. SVVD say this means that the system can impose a far smoother flow of traffic, eliminating slow-fast driving that Gatso cameras can provoke.
Because its automated, the system is entirely self-sufficient. Its hooked up to the DVLA computers and can automatically process the fines and send out notices in the post.
There are 60 new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Mon 14 June 2001.These are between the A3 and the M40."
Dont know how much of this is right but if it is its pretty scary isn't it.
Hope its of interest as it toiok me bloody ages to type it out.
Cheers
Chip.
"From Monday 14 June 2001 all drivers of speeding vehicles should be aware of the new speed cameras which are being erected the complete length of "A"and "M" roads in the UK. They are recognised by a tall blue pole and a small arieal pole next to it.We may have possible stay of execution,due to the privacy law up-holding these units from being switched on.At the moment it is being debated in parliament.
SPEEDCHECK SVVD or SPECS went on-line last week-end on the M1,netting 4300 offenders in one day.The system does not use instantaneous speed like thecameras were all familiar with,instead measuring the 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 which has now entered service after successful trials on the M1 and M20 in the UK.
SPEEDCHECK SVDD(sureway video detection equipment) is a system similar in concept to the Gatso, but with a new twist.SVVD 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 a trigger speed, then the vehicles identification is recorded along with its speed. It is also flashed up on an illuminated screen further down the road to embarress the driver into slowing down.
When triggered the equipment automatically records the date,time,precise location and speed of the offending vehicle, along with a detailed image of the front of the vehicle which cearly records the number plate, model and who is the driver of the vehicle.
There are five overriding reasons for the habitual speeder to be afraid of this system.
1 It works 24/7
2 Needs no film
3 uses no flash
4 uses no radar
5 Its been proven to be over 99% accurate in all weather.
It doesnt do spot speed ckecking. 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 then speed up once past it.
Speedcheck measures the average speed over a known distance. So if you do 60 mph under each camera and then speed up to 80mph in between , your average speed is likely to be 70mph-10mph over the limit imposed. SVVD say this means that the system can impose a far smoother flow of traffic, eliminating slow-fast driving that Gatso cameras can provoke.
Because its automated, the system is entirely self-sufficient. Its hooked up to the DVLA computers and can automatically process the fines and send out notices in the post.
There are 60 new cameras that start operating on the M25 on Mon 14 June 2001.These are between the A3 and the M40."
Dont know how much of this is right but if it is its pretty scary isn't it.
Hope its of interest as it toiok me bloody ages to type it out.
Cheers
Chip.
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