Smart speed camera revealed
The South African company Truvelo, who are the makers of 20 per cent of the speed cameras deployed in the UK, have announced the release of a new £30,000 system they call D-Cam.
The South African company Truvelo, who are the makers of 20 per cent of the speed cameras deployed in the UK, have announced the release of a new £30,000 system they call D-Cam.
The new camera can be used as a fixed or mobile unit and is capable of monitoring three lanes of traffic simultaneously.
When fixed, the D-Cam is linked to speed sensors in the road. Whilst in mobile mode, a laser built into the handle detects vehicles exceeding the limit.
The built-in hard drive stores 100,000 digital still images that can be downloaded to a remote base using mobile phone technology. Current Truvelo systems in the UK can take only 700 film pictures, and require costly and time-consuming reloads on a regular basis.
The D-Cam is sold with a special hand-held computer to allow easy resetting of the camera`s zoom and trigger speed.
A spokesperson for Truvelo said: The D-Cam is the best product available. It is about to undergo Home Office approval and should be ready for use within a year.
