Just been on local TV news chopper equipped with new technology to issue speeding tickets, any Sam's around hehe
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Just been on local TV news chopper equipped with new technology to issue speeding tickets, any Sam's around hehe
LE has been using this in California for awhile now.
Oh joy!
QPS has new toy...
What is this technology? VASCAR is illegal in California.
Time to buy a Portable Collision Avoidance SystemQuote:
Originally Posted by beingaware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4aYwTTL2eM
Clint has a wealth of details on this (it's not VASCAR)Quote:
Originally Posted by awj223
By the way what is LE? Local Enforcement?
that looks cool, need some thing to confuse the up stairs leo chopperQuote:
Originally Posted by Tman
dont know it just showed on the news, two dedicated loe choppers with real expensive camera gadgets on either side at the front, was mainly for crime activity, they also said they were adapting them to catch speeders,Quote:
Originally Posted by awj223
guess thats paid for them ;)
Lol they got the facts about flir wrong lol...
It will not ID a tat 2?5km away. The day vision camera can. I doubt it will be for speed enforcement.
It will call in ground units to cars that look like they are speeding and manage car chases.
Channel 7 is going to be mad that they won't be called on for car chases anymore.
But what I don't understand is why the Sunshine coast is being left out...
that news clip was not the one i saw, in the one i saw it mentioned a type of conversation to it to adapt it for for speed enforcement, but as you say could be blowing smoke
Saw the same as you DD said in six weeks will have ability to capture speed .Quote:
Originally Posted by dinkydi
If they do as they say, be a bummer
Here is the stuff that California Highway Patrol use. They can point-shoot and get your speed. Some expensive ranging camera. If you look at the circled values in the photo, you see the Aircraft stats and Target stats (Lat-Long-Elevation).
The fact that it knows the lat/long/altitude in real time means it can just as quickly acquire a speed using the onboard GPS for the plane, and do a simple delta to the target for speed. I have heard them on the radio reading out a cars speed as in "now he is at 93, he just slowed to 88". It is illegal in California to use ground referenced markings as some other states do, so they don't use any timing or anything - clearly that could not be done in real time as a car speeds or slows. So they got around this by buying some military grade ranging camera. Watch the youtube video of this in action as they chase some guy who was racing. They don't care about his speed in this case, the fact he is racing trumps a speeding ticket so it is a reckless driving citation waiting for him.
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http://youtu.be/RC9d66Tf-OE
If you watch the elevation of the crosshairs, shown near center bottom, you can see how it swings in values as he gets sloppy with the crosshairs, and it shows elevation of areas off the freeway. Since he is not specifically placing the crosshairs on the car, he is not getting the car's actual speed, as at this point it is about reckless and racing and not speed. But the lat-long-elevation reading of where he places the crosshair target tells the story of how they can get speed in real time.
LE = Law EnforcementQuote:
Originally Posted by awj223
Here they are in the same area via ground camera.
http://youtu.be/fVdizAJiSUE
Hmm that cam in photos looks a like the same as in our news vid
I noticed that. I had a link to the specs for the camera a year or so ago - I'll see if I can dig it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinkydi
Not good at tracking stuff down, time for the ozzie whizz kids
Apparantely the camera uses lidar based range finding, which is what most range finders use. So, have a set of lidar sensors/jammers on the roof of the car.
This sounds like more fun
Uh oh..............I wonder how long it will take deano and ba to set that up on their rides:smiley-laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood
Will also have to stop for refueling to get up North, :rolf:,
I'm looking into roof racks now for that reason haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by curmudgeon
Of course:boink:Quote:
Originally Posted by beingaware