Inventory: How Electronic Eyes Can Help Traffic Safety in Various Countries

In our transportation life, electronic eye equipment always gives people the impression of “iron and steel”. With a red light, speed, and even a phone call when driving, the "eye-catching" electronic eye seems to be able to record true, so that some drivers have to add a bit careful driving. Recently, the quality problem of Guangdong electronic eye frequency has drawn attention. This leaves us with no thoughts. How do foreign electronic eyes ensure the safety of the city's traffic?

However, the electronic eye may also "beat". The appearance of this news in Guangdong immediately attracted everyone's attention. A "problem electronic eye" data recently released in Guangdong shows that the electronic eye has a high failure rate in some areas, and that 358 sets of electronic eyes are unused and in name only.

Recently, media reports have reported that the road monitoring electronic eye invested by Guangdong for investing 1.13 billion yuan has problems such as the use of social funds, and the use of non-standards. The reporter saw on the website of the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Quality Supervision that, as of the end of last year, Guangdong Province had a total of 9,682 sets of electronic eye equipment, only 237 electronic eye guns were submitted for inspection, and the number of inspections was less than 3%. Only 4 stations were sent for inspection, and cities such as Dongguan and Shenzhen were even on the list. The Public Security Department of Guangdong Province responded to this yesterday and said that since 2006, it has ordered the use of social funds for the construction of road traffic technology monitoring equipment projects, and has made clear regulations for the detection and use of related equipment. The Provincial Public Security Department will organize a comprehensive inspection on the construction and use of road traffic technology monitoring equipment in the province. Once problems are discovered, they will be severely investigated and dealt with, quickly rectified, and open to the public at the same time. The public is welcome to supervise.

Don't know if you remember the scene in National Treasure 3: Nicholas Cage, who got the password box, was chased by the enemy. In order to remember the information on the box, Nicolas Cage deliberately speeds and lifts. The treasure box uses the electronic eye on the roadside to accurately and clearly record, and then throws the treasure box far away.

The United States: The number of electronic eyes but the quality of the bizarre film plot can not help but wonder: the film in such high-definition electronic eye in the real world of the United States is also true? Wang Hao, a graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, said: In the United States, the number of "electronic eyes" for traffic installation is small, but the quality is good.

Wang Hao: In addition to monitoring it in a panoramic mode, it can also automatically focus and focus on moving objects in the field of vision. Its specific conditions, it is indeed said that it can better understand the monitoring in a short period of time. Is the area around you safe?

The newest type of electronic eye is now playing a role in cities such as New York and Washington. Those electronic eyes are advanced to see the face of the driver who is driving the vehicle and automatically search the database for who the person is, from that country, and their related information.

However, the setting of "electronic eyes" for traffic throughout the United States tends to be slow, slow to install, and small in number. Because the attempt to punish traffic violations through the installation of "electronic eyes", the American people do not buy it. Yin Sha, a Chinese student studying in the United States, introduced that there were reports from the media that Arizona's traffic police had issued 700,000 tickets and hundreds of millions of dollars in fines with the help of 76 electronic eyes in the entire state.

Yin Sha: The U.S. government has for the first time introduced the British type of electronic eye tracking speeding and applied it to the national transportation system. However, it has lost all opposition. There have been media reports that traffic police in Arizona had issued 700,000 tickets and hundreds of millions of dollars in fines with the help of 76 electronic eyes across the state. There were also the first traffic electronic eyes installed in some cities in Connecticut, and received a traffic violation penalty of 2.8 million US dollars a month. The handling of some administrative traffic law enforcement fines has become a very substantial income for local finances. The residents of some states have been very emotional, trying many ways to let the electronic eye stand, and directly affecting the interests of the electronic eye providers. .

For the related equipment maintenance work, Wang Hao said that the electronic eye is used as a mechanical device. Even in the United States, which is rated as a first-class technology equipment, it is inevitable that there will be wars.

Wang Hao: It will be detected in time, and then there may be no way to repair this situation, of course, it certainly exists, really because of the error of the device itself and then to drive people to make unfair judgments, if there is a problem in itself, then The responsible person does not have to assume the responsibility in this regard.

The United Kingdom: The electronic blind is being photographed nearly 300 times a day. Since the popularity of the “electronic eye” in the United States to monitor traffic is far behind that of Europe, we have turned our attention to Europe. The country with the most electronic eyes in Europe and the world is Britain. Every London citizen is said to be recorded 300 times by the electronic eye every day. At least half of this may come from traffic "electronic eye" detection. Yin Sha has been a visiting scholar at the University of Edinburgh. Compared to the United States, she is very stressed by the British close eye monitoring.

Yin Sha: In the early 1990s, Britain introduced electronic eye facilities. The British called the security cameras that monitor speeding and red light. They are all set in a very conspicuous place and equipped with a uniform yellow sign. The UK is on the road. A total of 6,000 speed cameras have been installed, most of which are located on the first class highways in the city. Speed ​​cameras are usually mounted on elevated platforms to remind vehicles to limit the number of vehicles. There are not many conflicts between the British because of the electronic eye and the traffic management department. After all, the policy is very transparent and the notification delivery system is also very sound, but the parking ticket is the area with the most complaints. I have encountered equipment with parking eyes in some places. The appearance and the charging machine are similar. It can quickly monitor the license plate of the car, because the United Kingdom has strict timing on parking, if the owner does not immediately pay to the point or If the car is parked for a long time, the parking eye will issue a written ticket in time.

With so many "London Eyes", management departments across the UK are also a major project. It is reported that the relevant departments have adopted strict and periodic maintenance measures, but the stalls have been made large, and some electronic eyes have become blind.

Japan: Constantly updating the electronic eye system to provide detailed road conditions Regarding the management of electronic eye equipment, is there any good way to Japan with details? Ms. Huang Xueqing, observer of the Global Chinese Broadcasting Network in Japan, introduced that in order to more accurately provide information and prevent accidents, Japan is constantly updating the traffic monitoring system.

Huang Xueqing: In order to more accurately provide information and prevent accidents, Japan is constantly updating the traffic monitoring system. In 2009, a new monitoring system was launched in Tokyo, monitoring a large-scale circular tunnel on the Capital Expressway and 400 in the tunnel. The camera has no dead angle monitoring. After providing this system, the information provided to the driver is more accurate, because in the previous information board, only the vehicle in front was shown to be faulty, and now it will be displayed in front of the meter, and in which lane there is a faulty vehicle.

There are a variety of monitoring equipment on the roads in Japan, such as vehicle sensors, cameras for traffic control systems, pavement water monitors, ultrasonic snow depth monitors, etc. The information collected by these monitoring devices will be transmitted to the traffic control center. Processing, and finally provided to the driver through various information devices on the road, also provided evidence for solving traffic disputes and crime investigations. Many of these monitoring system maintenances and repairs are commissioned to private companies using tendering methods.

In recent years, due to the inconsistency of monitoring systems used in various roads, some systems have experienced aging phenomena. In addition, the large number of Japanese technicians retired in 2007 has made the upgrading of systems more urgent.