Traffic cameras do work for slowing cars at some points, but many drivers simply speed up afterwards.
The FBI wants it to be able to map information onto google maps with access to traffic cameras and terror data.
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The system is capable of integrating real-time information, such as fuel prices, parking, traffic, tracking, weather forecasts and images from traffic cameras.
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Traffic cameras show the tailback between junctions 28 and 29.
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Their operators will be based in the new hub alongside specialists from TRAFFCOM - the team in charge of the city's traffic lights and traffic cameras, who currently work from separate bases.
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Additionally, the company is also working with the My City Way apps, which cover 40 cities in the US and that many abroad, offering traffic cameras, POIs, and even public transit info -- a little odd for a car company.
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They showed how observing someone moving from base station to base station indicated the individual was on the move and how that information could be linked to traffic cameras, such as those in Denver, which are now accessible via the Internet.
Fifer says the city also plans to experiment with municipal uses of the network, like setting up Wi-Fi-enabled traffic cameras, trash cans that can wirelessly call the city when they need to be emptied or traffic meters that call in when they're overdue.
In New York, traffic-enforcement cameras aren't just about money but about the anti-car agenda of Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
Traffic wardens with cameras are looking out for people who stop in Keep Clear zones or on double yellow lines.
Don't be deceived by claims that cameras at traffic lights provide valuable information on traffic patterns.
Through video cameras, traffic data is captured and analyzed, and then provided as real-time information to mobile phones.
"We are introducing CCTV cameras to monitor traffic and we will have emergency refuges if people break down, " he said.
Case in point: photo radar traps, specifically, cameras affixed to traffic lights.
Government-operated cameras observe us at traffic intersections and other public locations.
If the cameras succeed in improving traffic flows, the council also intends to introduce a mobile camera to tackle problems elsewhere on the city's road network.
In stop-and-go traffic, the array of sensors and cameras keeps an eye on cars around you, knowing when to accelerate and when to brake.
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Also, how about more cameras where they are SORELY needed - traffic light controlled junctions.
Intersections will bristle with cameras, radar and sensors to control traffic flow and prevent collisions.
Also, other traffic trends or enforcement measures, such as speed cameras, could account for changes in crash rates.
As Acpo's roads chief, Hughes had argued in favour of "less conspicuous" speed cameras as a way of slowing down traffic.
"At certain places - such as some traffic junctions - where there is evidence to support these cameras being turned on then we should discuss that, " she said.
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Mapping nearby features, spotting road edges and lane markings, reading signs and traffic lights and identifying pedestrians is done using a combination of cameras, radar and lidar (which works like radar, but with pulses of light rather than radio waves).
Recommendations call for Diplomatic Security agents to accompany every convoy, Rice the installation of video cameras in security vehicles, audio recordings of radio traffic between the embassy and such convoys and improved coordination and communication between convoys and the U.S. military.
According to Radio Liberty, drivers are using the cameras to fight back against Russia's notoriously corrupt traffic police, and scammers trying to extort money out of drivers.
With the application of these smart cameras, ranging from spotting crimes on the high street or traffic violations to keeping children safe at school, the issue or who decides what is deemed suspicious comes into focus.
In Toronto 130 cameras on bridges and skyscrapers watch city streets, providing video of traffic snarls and accidents.
Some traffic engineers say other types of interventions can be at least as beneficial as cameras, without their privacy issues.
Dash cameras are popular in Russia for several reasons including possible disputes over traffic accidents and the corrupt reputations of police in many areas.
Many cities, including New York, now encourage taxis to install cameras for the safety and security of the driver and to collect interesting traffic data.
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