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Smarter Speed Camera To Reduce Traffic Accidents

Inspired by speed camera random emplacement system of Australian State such as Queensland, north-west England organization responsible for speed camera namely Cumbria Safety Camera Partnership is going to deploy mobile cameras across the country in the conjunction with existing network of fixed ones in the month of June. These mobile cameras will be deployed randomly and frequently moved to other places chosen by authorized entity. Given the feel of invisible watcher hopefully the drivers or motorist will be encouraged a softer term of saying forced- to drive more cautiously not knowing the position of these hidden mobile cameras. Other similar organizations in other place in Britain are following the organization development on this new system intently.

Since Australia introduced the system in the year of 1987, traffic casualties declined as many as 35%. While for Britain the reduction is 24% traffic casualties as reported by the Department of Transport, up to April the Britain policy for speed camera is still strange and considered not adequate for most peopleplacing the cameras only on sites where numerous fatal accidents happened. Keeping watched dangerous roads and streets safer, the system couldnt prevent accidents that might happen at other unwatched places and this prove the weakness of the system. For the installed cameras the weaknesses are being immobile and always right where they are, big, bright colored, helpful signs showing where it is and only work in a close distance. This creates a loop hole where speeding drivers are able to memorize where the camera is and slow down before passing the spot and took off accelerating. Even the World Health Organization agrees that Australian system of invisible and random emplacement of the cameras prove effective to reduce and prevent accidents.

Being part of a bigger trend of smarter cameras, London are testing high technology digital camera, smaller from their ancestor, flash proof, no running out of films, hard-to-fool cameras capable of monitoring vehicles average speed over from a far distance. The mentioned cameras are now watching several roads by pairs. Knowing this news, extreme people who vandalized cameras with paint, arson, and airsoft guns known as Petrolhead, as predicted has reacted furiously.

Pointing out that in the rapid increase of cameras installation human traffic policing is greatly reduced, Sheila Rainger from RAC Foundation, a motorists lobby group continues, that while cameras detect speeding vehicle they cant detect the bad drivers driving the vehicle.

http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?
story_id=9262537

 

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