A WHOLE NEW IMAGE : ROMANIAN POLICE FORCE CHANGE

Romania's roads are the safest in Central and Eastern Europe according to United Nation's figures, and part of the reason is attributed to the delivery of more than 250 vehicle mounted speed detection and video capture units. This article describes the proliferation of leading edge ITS technology in post-revolution Romania, as well as the attitudes of the police in procuring new equipment and training. The new vehicles were manufactured by the German company ROBOT. The new video cameras, with x72 zoom lens, can operate in all lighting conditions. The video is wired for sound and both images and voice commentary are recorded on a VHS recorder in the rear of the police vehicle. An LCD color monitor allows police to show the offending driver his infractions. A Python II mobile radar system measures speed of offending vehicles to within the nearest kilometer per hour.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2003
• Corporate Authors:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 E Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222
• Authors:
  • HOOK, PATRICK
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 98-100
• Serial:
  • Traffic technology international : the 2003 international review of advanced traffic management
  • Publisher: Colorado Department of Transportation
  • ISSN: 1356-9252

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic equipment; Law enforcement; Police vehicles
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00973191
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 4 2004 12:00AM