The Autopolis (Automatic Policing Information Systems) project addresses the problem of detecting traffic law violations, providing relevant feedback to the driver and registering the committed violations for further legal processing. Drivers' compliance with traffic rules and regulations is crucial to safety. Increasingly, drivers' compliance with the information provided by both on-the road and in-vehicle systems is crucial to the impact of the introduction of RTI systems such as variable message signs, traffic control systems and co-driver systems. Hence, there will be an increased demand for the surveillance of driver behaviour and the enforcement of traffic rules and regulations. Unfortunately, available methodologies of traffic law enforcement are less than adequate to control driver behaviour at present, and will be unable to cope with the demand for traffic law enforcement posed by the introduction of RTI and the increasing traffic volumes. The general objective of the project is to determine the possibilities of, and the requirements for implementing automatic policing information systems that can: (i) detect a limited number of safety-relevant traffic violations, (ii) provide feedback to the driver when he is committing a traffic offense, and (iii) register traffic law violations that may occur. The operational objectives of the project are to: (i) identify traffic law violations that are relevant for traffic safety, (ii) identify attitudes and opinions of driver and police personnel towards traffic law violations and police enforcement, (iii) identify the legal considerations relevant to automatic detection, registration and processing of traffic law violations, (iv) review of semi-automatic policing system currently in operation, (v) provide systems specifications for detection and registration systems, (vi) predict acceptance of proposed systems on the basis of attitude surveys, and (vii) specify short-term objectives for implementation. This is the final report of the Project. (A)
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