New speed cameras trap motorists from space

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A new type of speed cameras which can use satellites to measure average speed over long distances are being tested.

The cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, are similar to those used in roadworks.

The AA said it believed the new system could cover a network of streets as opposed to a straight line, and was “probably geared up to zones in residential areas.”

The 'SpeedSpike’ system, which calculates average speed between any two points in the network, has been developed by PIPS Technology Ltd, an American-owned company with a base in Hampshire.

Details of the trials are contained in a House of Commons report. The company said in its evidence that the cameras enabled "number plate capture in all weather conditions, 24 hours a day". It also referred to the system's "low cost" and ease of installation.

The system could be used for "main road enforcement for congestion reduction and speed enforcement", and could help to "eliminate rat-runs" and cut speeds outside schools, it added. It could also reduce the need for speed humps.

The development of speed cameras has raised concerns about expanding state surveillance.

The AA said it would watch the system “carefully” but it did not believe there was anything sinister. “It is a natural evolution of the technology that is out there,” a spokesman said.

So what do ya think, likely? Fair?

The CT folk will be all over this like flies to ****e anyway, tracking your movements, nanny state etc

KamiKazi

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

The CT folk will be all over this like flies to ****e anyway, tracking your movements, nanny state etc

They wouldn't be wrong, in fairness.

If satellites can see number plates regardless of weather what else is being watched??

biko

Can't wait to get my first ticket from space.

challengemaster

ah bollox

Anan1

KamiKazi wrote: »

If satellites can see number plates regardless of weather what else is being watched??

Ah come on now, would you not read the quote before posting an opinion?;)

KamiKazi

Anan1 wrote: »

Ah come on now, would you not read the quote before posting an opinion?;)

What am I supposed to have missed then?

peasant

KamiKazi wrote: »

What am I supposed to have missed then?

The satellite doesn't read your numberplate, a camera at the ground does.

The satellite just does the GPS and a software packet calculates your speed between two camera points.

What I don't understand is how does the sat get your gps co-ordinates between cams ...how do they know which route you took?

Anan1

KamiKazi wrote: »

What am I supposed to have missed then?

The speed cameras use satellites, they're not on the satellites.

Alun

Typical sloppy reporting from the Indo as usual ... it doesn't use satellites to read the number plates (CT forum that way ->), it only uses GPS to provide a highly accurate time stamp to a network of ANPR type cameras that are all linked together. Number plate readings are time stamped and transmitted to a central server that calculates your speed between two cameras.

See more here http://pipstechnology.com/news/library/datasheets/PSS5060%20SpeedSpike-1108.pdf

KamiKazi

peasant wrote: »

The sattelite doesn't read your numberplate, a camera at the ground does.

The sattelite just does the GPS and a software packet calculates your speed between two camera points.

What I don't understand is how does the sat get your gps co-ordinates between cams ...how do they know which route you took?

Anan1 wrote: »

The speed cameras use satellites, they're not on the satellites.

Exactly, how do they know which route you take if they don't read your plates?

Anan1

peasant wrote: »

What I don't understand is how does the sat get your gps co-ordinates between cams ...how do they know which route you took?

I suppose if they're trying to prove speeding then they can assume you took the quickest possible route between two cameras. They'd still need a lot of cameras, though.

Anan1

KamiKazi wrote: »

Exactly, how do they know which route you take if they don't read your plates?

Now you're trying to wind us up - it says in the second line of the quote that the cameras read the plates!

peasant

Alun wrote: »

See more here http://pipstechnology.com/news/library/datasheets/PSS5060%20SpeedSpike-1108.pdf

So the satellite provides nothing but an accurate clock, really.

KamiKazi

In fairness that article is written terribly So instead of tracking your route as stated in the article all they're doing is calculating the distance between two cameras; which could be done with a €10 map.

irishjay

interesting post ...

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