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They have to measure vehicle speed accurately and in such a way that will stand up to scrutiny in court. So not just your run of the mill consumer type camera.

by jeza 14y ago

They have to measure vehicle speed accurately and in such a way that will stand up to scrutiny in court. So not just your run of the mill consumer type camera. I like your joke nonetheless. :)

lifeisstillgood 14y ago
Really? I would think that you could have three cheap cameras running - the frame rates for each would be comparable and self-verifying. Lenses might be the most expensive component but as they shoot Hollywood movies on cameras you can buy in Jessops I suspect this is really a case of dividing the whole cost of a government dept by the (small) number of cameras. Bad accounting most likely if not - well an opportunity to disrupt ! Edit: to be fair it is probably expensive to dig a hole in a road, stick power lights and cable to it then put up a pole. But 100k? Prefer my bad accountancy or over priced theories
- revelation 14y ago
  Price, of course, is not a function of the material or technology. From what I hear, these things quickly pay for themselves when placed "strategically" [1]. [1]: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/a-788204.html http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/a-788204.html - from German: Traffistar S330 cost 200k€ and earned that much in just 10 days.
makmanalp 14y ago
http://www.thehighspeedcamerastore.com/high-speed-products http://www.thehighspeedcamerastore.com/high-speed-products
- lifeisstillgood 14y ago
  250fps seems pretty high for this use case a car doing 100kmh is about 30m per sec. Measured over 10m capture zone 24fps is more than adequate focal length, durability, weather proofing etc all seem more likely to be the cost - but really that's just housing.
Firehed 14y ago
How many judges know enough about the technology present (or not present) in speed cameras to legitimately scrutinize it? In any case, I was under the impression that it was just a radar gun which tripped a camera once a speed some threshold over the limit was detected. The expensive part would be something to find and OCR license plates, and presumably feed that into some other automated system - theoretically a one-off software cost.
danielweber 14y ago
stand up to scrutiny in court This varies by jurisdiction, but you don't necessarily have the right to what you would consider a fair trial for driving fines.

by jeza 14y ago

They have to measure vehicle speed accurately and in such a way that will stand up to scrutiny in court. So not just your run of the mill consumer type camera. I like your joke nonetheless. :)

lifeisstillgood 14y ago

Really? I would think that you could have three cheap cameras running - the frame rates for each would be comparable and self-verifying. Lenses might be the most expensive component but as they shoot Hollywood movies on cameras you can buy in Jessops I suspect this is really a case of dividing the whole cost of a government dept by the (small) number of cameras. Bad accounting most likely if not - well an opportunity to disrupt ! Edit: to be fair it is probably expensive to dig a hole in a road, stick power lights and cable to it then put up a pole. But 100k? Prefer my bad accountancy or over priced theories

revelation 14y ago
Price, of course, is not a function of the material or technology. From what I hear, these things quickly pay for themselves when placed "strategically" [1]. [1]: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/a-788204.html http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/a-788204.html - from German: Traffistar S330 cost 200k€ and earned that much in just 10 days.

makmanalp 14y ago

http://www.thehighspeedcamerastore.com/high-speed-products http://www.thehighspeedcamerastore.com/high-speed-products

lifeisstillgood 14y ago
250fps seems pretty high for this use case a car doing 100kmh is about 30m per sec. Measured over 10m capture zone 24fps is more than adequate focal length, durability, weather proofing etc all seem more likely to be the cost - but really that's just housing.

Firehed 14y ago

How many judges know enough about the technology present (or not present) in speed cameras to legitimately scrutinize it? In any case, I was under the impression that it was just a radar gun which tripped a camera once a speed some threshold over the limit was detected. The expensive part would be something to find and OCR license plates, and presumably feed that into some other automated system - theoretically a one-off software cost.

danielweber 14y ago

stand up to scrutiny in court This varies by jurisdiction, but you don't necessarily have the right to what you would consider a fair trial for driving fines.