New Delhi: Delhi Police with Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday launched a first of its kind "Red Light Violation Detection and Speed Violation Detection System". The initiative was launched by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal along with Amulya Patnaik, Commissioner of Delhi Police.
According to police, the initiative aims to provide safe driving experience to motorists, help pedestrians in crossing the road safely and improve compliance with road traffic rules, thereby reducing accidents and fatalities at junctions. The completely automated system, from violation-capturing till issuance of an e-challan, is expected to strengthen the rule enforcement with transparency. It is also expected to increase awareness on pedestrian safety and help in smooth traffic movement.
Lieutenant Governor said that the project displays the effective use of technology for better enforcement and creating a culture of compliance with traffic rules. The system will reinforce safety for motorists as well as pedestrians along with enabling the smooth flow of traffic and bringing down accidents. This high technology automated system is expected to instil a culture of discipline amongst motorists and promote adherence of traffic rules.
The system, set up along the Ring Road, is a 14-km corridor between Dhaula Kuan and Sarai Kale Khan, covers high traffic intensity junctions. The project is the first of its kind in the National Capital Region and is aligned with Government's focus to bring down accidents and fatalities in the country.
The new system has sophisticated 3-D radars and over 100 high-resolution cameras to track the presence of vehicles and violation of traffic rules. The cameras capture multiple offences–Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD); Speed Violation Detection (SVD), Stop Line Violation, Wrong-Side Violation along with the registration number of the violating vehicle.
The system automatically encrypts and transfers the data of violation to the centralized server at Delhi Traffic Police Headquarters in Todapur, near Naraina. The system facilitates the generation of e-challans along with photo evidence and sends it to the violators through SMS/email/post. The system is also capable of doing data-analytics and generating trend reports for monitoring system-effectiveness and efficiency. The system is capable of 24x7 operation and will specially benefit road users at night. Police said that RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki and Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki were also present.