Road-rule enforcement camera

A road-rule enforcement camera is a system including a camera and a vehicle-monitoring device used to detect and identify vehicles disobeying a road rule or road rules. Common examples include the following:

Related Topics:
Camera - Vehicle - Road rule

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• Speed cameras for identifying vehicles travelling over the legal speed limit.
• Red light cameras for identifying vehicles proceeding through red lights.
• Bus lane cameras for identifying vehicles traveling in lanes reserved for buses and/or vehicles engaged in car pooling.
• Toll-booth cameras for identifying vehicles proceeding through a toll booth without the toll being paid.
• Level crossing cameras for identifying vehicles crossing railways at grade illegally.
• In central London, cameras help to identify drivers who evade paying the Congestion Charge.
• In Germany, Mautbrücken (toll bridges) are used on motorways to identify heavy goods vehicles which have not paid the motorway toll.

There are systems that are combinations of the above - for example, some systems detect both red-light infringements and speed infringements.

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