Manhattan Camera Driver' title='Manhattan Camera Driver' />Traffic enforcement camera Wikipedia. A traffic enforcement camera also red light camera, road safety camera, road rule camera, photo radar, photo enforcement, speed camera, Gatso, safety camera, bus lane camera, flash for cash, Safe T Cam, depending on use is a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect traffic regulationdisambiguation needed violations, including speeding, vehicles going through a red traffic light, vehicles going through a toll booth without paying, unauthorized use of a bus lane, or for recording vehicles inside a congestion charge area. It may be linked to an automated ticketing system. The latest automatic number plate recognition systems can be used for the detection of average speeds and raise concernswho over loss of privacy and the potential for governments to establish mass surveillance of vehicle movements and therefore by association also the movement of the vehicles owner. Vehicles owners are often required by law to identify the driver of the vehicle and a case was taken to the European Court of Human Rights which found that human rights were not being breached. Manhattan Camera Driver' title='Manhattan Camera Driver' />Some groups, such as the National Motorists Association in the USA, claim that systems encourage. Automatic speed enforcement gantry or Lombada Eletrnica with ground sensors in Braslia, D. F. Gatso Mobile Speed Camera, used in Victoria, Australia. The camera is mounted on the passenger side dash, whilst the black box on the front is the radar unit. Bus lane enforcementeditSome bus lane enforcement cameras use a sensor in the road, which triggers a number plate recognition camera which compares the vehicle registration plate with a list of approved vehicles and records images of other vehicles. Other systems use a camera mounted on the bus, for example in London where they monitor Red routes3 on which stopping is not allowed for any purpose other than taxis and disabled parking permit holders. On Monday, February 2. New York City announced testing camera enforcement of bus lanes on 3. Street in Midtown Manhattan where a New York City taxi illegally using the bus lanes would face a fine of 1. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. In October 2. Melbourne Australia, Melbourne Airport introduced seven Automatic Number Plate Recognition ANPR cameras in their bus forecourt to monitor bus lanes and provide charging points based on vehicle type and the dwell time of each vehicle. Entry and Exit cameras determine the length of stay and provide alerts for unregistered or vehicles of concern via onscreen, email or SMS based alerts. This system was the first of several Sensor Dynamics based ANPR solutions. Melbourne Airport was the first Australian Airport to use ANPR technology to charge buses for access to bus pick up lanes. Red light enforcementeditA red light camera is a traffic camera that takes an image of a vehicle that goes through an intersection where the light is red. The system continuously monitors the traffic signal and the camera is triggered by any vehicle entering the intersection above a preset minimum speed and following a specified time after the signal has turned red. Red light cameras are also utilitzed in capturing texting while driving violators. In many municipalities an officer is monitoring the cameras in a live command center and records all violations, including texting at a red light. Speed limit enforcementeditSpeed enforcement cameras are used to monitor compliance with speed limits, which may use Doppler radar, LIDAR or automatic number plate recognition. Other speed enforcement systems are also used which are not camera based. Fixed or mobile speed camera systems that measure the time taken by a vehicle to travel between two or more fairly distant sites from several hundred metres to several hundred kilometres apart are called automatic number plate recognition ANPR cameras. These cameras time vehicles over a known fixed distance, and then calculate the vehicles average speed for the journey. Robodemo 5 Download. Stop sign enforcementeditIn 2. Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority MRCA, in California, installed the first stop sign cameras in the United States. The five cameras are located in state parks such as Franklin Canyon Park and Temescal Gateway Park. The operator, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., is paid 2. The fine listed on the citation is 1. In 2. 01. 0, a class action lawsuit was filed against MRCA. Number plate recognition systemseditAutomatic number plate recognition can be used for purposes unrelated to enforcement of traffic rules. In principle any agency or person with access to data either from traffic cameras or cameras installed for other purposes can track the movement of vehicles for any purpose. In Australias SAFE T CAM system, ANPR technology is used to monitor long distance truck drivers to detect avoidance of legally prescribed driver rest periods. New York, NY Vehicles, Audi Manhattan sells and services Audi vehicles in the greater New York area. Jiefu Jefferey Gong, the 21yearold who was identified as the driver, was charged with one felony count of reckless driving causing serious impairment of bodily. The United Kingdoms police ANPR system logs all the vehicles passing particular points in the national road network, allowing authorities to track the movement of vehicles and individuals across the country. In the UK an 8. 0 year old pensioner John Catt and his daughter Linda were stopped by City of London Police while driving in London, UK in 2. They had their vehicle searched under section 4. Terrorism Act 2. 00. After they complained formally, it was discovered they were stopped when their car was picked up by roadside ANPR CCTV cameras it had been flagged in the Police National Computer database when they were seen near EDO MBM demonstrations in Brighton. Criticswho point out that the Catts had been suspected of no crime, however the police ANPR system led to them being targeted due to their association. Congestion charge cameras to detect vehicles inside the chargeable area which have not paid the appropriate fee. High occupancy vehicle lane cameras to identify vehicles violating occupancy requirements. Level crossing cameras to identifying vehicles crossing railwaysat grade. Noise pollution cameras that record evidence of heavy vehicles that break noise regulations by using compression release engine brakes. Parking cameras which issue citations to vehicles which are illegally parked or which were not moved from a street at posted times. Toll booth cameras to identify vehicles proceeding through a toll booth without paying the toll. Turn cameras at intersections where specific turns are prohibited on red. This type of camera is mostly used in cities or heavy populated areas. Automatic number plate recognition systems can be used for multiple purposes, including identifying untaxed and uninsured vehicles, stolen cars and potentially mass surveillance of motorists. Bus lane cameras that detect vehicles that should not be in the bus lane. These may be mounted on buses themselves as well as by the roadside. Fixed camera systems can be housed in boxes, or mounted on poles beside the road, or attached to gantries over the road, or to overpasses or bridges. Cameras can be concealed, for example in garbage bins. Mobile speed cameras may be hand held, tripod mounted, or vehicle mounted. In vehicle mounted systems, detection equipment and cameras can be mounted to the vehicle itself, or simply tripod mounted inside the vehicle and deployed out a window or door.