The Safe-T-Cam system is an innovative imaging system installed and in use in NSW, a State of Australia. The system has been under development since 1992 and has now reached the stage of final product. The system is designed to read the number plates of heavy vehicles at highway speed. It currently performs at 90% accuracy. The Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) will use the Safe-T-Cam system to monitor the speed and driving hours behaviour of heavy vehicles and their operators. Safe-T-Cam is also being integrated into Heavy Vehicle checking stations to automate some of the business functions carried out and to increase the effective capacity of the stations without increasing their physical size. The system may also be used for a number of other monitoring applications purposes such as road user charging, toll violation, traffic management and incident detection. The system architecture, data transmission and legislative status of the system are presented. (A)
Samenvatting