Devon & Cornwall Police use drone technology to help catch dangerous road users
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2023
- Devon & Cornwall Police are using drones to help detect driving offences on high harm routes throughout the region as part of a pioneering new project.
The force’s drone unit is linking up with the roads policing team, road casualty reduction officers and speed detection officers to target unsafe or irresponsible driving and riding.
The operation, launched today as part of National Motorcycle Safety Week (April 3rd - 9th ), will have a particular focus on motorcyclists after a spate of collisions in 2022 which resulted in the death or serious injury of more than 200 riders across Devon and Cornwall.
Operating in identified by intelligence, the drones will help calculate vehicle speed live using fixed points on the highway. They will also record live video of all incidents, meaning any dangerous or inappropriate driving will be caught on camera.
When a vehicle is detected breaking the law, details will be relayed to officers on the ground, which will allow police to check the MOT, tax and insurance status of the motorbike and whether it is reported as stolen.
Nearby speed detection officers will then use calibrated laser cameras to accurately record the speed of the vehicle before the driver or rider is pulled over by Police road casualty reduction officers.
Depending on the offence detected, the offending motorcyclist will be given words of advice, referred on to a specific training course or issued with a fine and penalty points. In more serious cases, riders will be reported to court for prosecution or arrested on the spot. 
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How many of the motorcyclists' fatalities were caused by other road users' negligence. I have never seen a motorcyclist on his phone
I have
Soon as these go up, they'll be reported and put on well known maps of their locations and time reported. You may have sneaky means, but the average person is not stupid. We use online intelligence to pinpoint the exact location of where you are operating this and will act accordingly
So the drone can't give you a speed just there's a bike or a car coming nothing else
I assume the motorcyclist was OB?
save the money and send it to Ukraine let your citizens live!
*WHAT SORT OF MINDSET thinks 'We will enhance road safety by making people who are driving faster than our now woefully too slow politically determined speed limits have to keep eyes on the sky as well as the road'* ?
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I genuinely do not believe this is about safety - About PR. About someone viying for promotion - Those are credible.
It's the buffoon police commissioner. Don't forget to remember who it is when the next election is cast