Australia’s new generation of traffic cameras

The US company Verra Mobility is testing a new generation of motorized speed -control cameras on Victoria. The experiment, independently and out of government oversight, is designed to collect and examine the performance of new technologies in the field of road safety. If successful, this project could be the basis for new government contracts for Verra Mobility in Australia.

Another speed control camera is being tested on the Australian Victorian roads, but this time the test is carried out independently and is not under government supervision. The US company Verra Mobility has tested its new generation camera on the roads of Victoria on the roads of Victoria over the past month and will continue until Friday, September 5. The purpose of this experiment has been purely collected and no fine will be issued. The Verra Mobility test is fully independent of the project previously reported by the DRIV media and is currently being implemented by the Victoria Social Safety and Safety Office (DJCS).

Verra Mobility trailer cameras were observed by drivers on the Canterbury road in the Albert Park area of ​​Melbourne, with a few hundred meters away. The use of two cameras allows the company to test interdisciplinary speed detection performance; That is, the speed of the cars is tracked between the two specific points.

Similar cameras installed on the trailer also have other features such as speed recording, red light violations, use of special bus lines, identifying a license plate, using a mobile phone while driving, and lack of proper use of seat belts. The DJCS Bureau confirmed in an interview with Drive that it has no interference in the experiment and that the Victorian Planning and Planning Office has been licensed to be implemented by the Victorian Planning and Planning Department.

Verra Mobility refuses to comment on whether the company’s trailer cameras have advantage over the Sensys Gatso’s cameras currently being tested by DJCS. According to DJCS, Verra Mobility is currently running a set of speed control cameras (intersections, highways and intercontinental paths) and red lights registration cameras on the Victorian state -of -the -art road safety network. However, Verra Mobility has not yet launched any conscious camera on the DJCS on Victoria roads.

Verra Mobility is an American company active in the field of traffic executive services. The company bought Redflex based in Melbourne, which worked on traffic cameras. The company said in a statement that the company’s trailers or similar samples are currently active in some jurisdictions in Australia, but have not provided further details.

In response to the question, the Drive media about the privacy and security of the data collected in the experiment said in a statement that all the data collected in the experiment would only be shared with DJCS. Steven Crutchfield, a senior vice president and CEO of Verra Mobility, also said that the advantage of removable cameras over fixed systems is that it has a significant psychological effect because drivers never know where the next unit is.

The Verra Mobility trailer is produced by Australian Camera Security (MCS). According to the MCS website, the gasoline trailer can operate independently for more than a month without the need for refueling. The DRIVE media has found that the data collected from the experiment may be part of the future Verra Mobility offer for new government contracts on the implementation of road safety cameras in Victoria.