Parking Lot Surveillance

Parking lot video surveillance is a security system used to monitor and record activities that occur in parking lots. 

Using A Phone While Driving Law May Change

The current UK law makes it an offense to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving. This means that drivers cannot pick up a mobile phone in their hand and use it while driving. (The offense also applies to motorcycle riders who pick up and use a mobile phone; this consultation will use the word "drivers" to cover both drivers and motorcycle riders.) It is also an offense to use a hand-held mobile phone while supervising a learner driver. The law also covers "other hand-held interactive communication devices" such as tablets but until it becomes important to discuss specific types of devices in any detail, this document uses the term "mobile phone" to cover those similar devices.

5G Technology to Help Monitor Dangerous Intersections

What is a smart intersection and how does 5G help? 

The system of sensors, video-based detection, connected traffic signals, and remote monitoring capabilities, provided by traffic systems technology company Miovision, has been deployed across five intersections along a busy corridor in the heart of Detroit. Smart traffic technology from Miovision has already been deployed in over 40 percent of the intersections in Detroit and now San Diego is looking to do the same.

Continental and Panasonic are a few other companies in the smart intersections game.

Using the new AI technology, the intersections are able to sense and understand what’s happening on the roadways in real-time and trigger responses, such as:

1. Traffic lights that can lengthen green lights to accommodate cyclists who wouldn’t otherwise be able to make it through the intersection 
2. Alerts that warn drivers of connected cars or Waze (connected app) users that jaywalkers are ahead 
3. Traffic lights that provide priority access to emergency and police vehicles 
4. Intersections that understand and analyze the near misses between users such as pedestrians in the crosswalk, cyclists, and drivers 
5. Traffic lights allow for freight vehicles to have green light priority, encouraging freight use on certain intersections away from pedestrian-heavy corridors.
6. A faster network will also allow for autonomous driving in San Diego. Smart cars will rely on sensors around the city to pick up on someone running across the street or another car turning the corner.

Read more on the San Diego smart intersections project but unsure if this is being provided by Qualcomm.   

Drones for Traffic Management

U.S. wireless operator AT&T announced it is teaming up with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a traffic management system for drones. In a press release, AT&T said the goal of the collaboration is the creation of an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that will support the safe and secure operation of drones in national airspace. “Working with NASA and others, we are designing the management system for a new frontier in aviation,” AT&T’s Vice President of Global Public Sector Solutions Mike Leff said. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public safety, construction, utilities, real estate, and TV. This research can help support the commercial and private use of drones nationwide.” AT&T said its roll in the project is to bring to the table expertise on networking, the Internet of Things (IoT), the cloud, identity management, and cybersecurity. The carrier said cybersecurity is a particular concern surrounding drones because easy access to the vehicles and their many potential uses could increase the risk of cyberattacks.  Read More

Are these cameras alternatives to the license plate reader cameras currently used on traffic lights?