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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

pedestrians & vehicles. This may the vehicles parked in a non- Providing real-time,
prove helpful in pedestrian safety. designated parking area like meaningful & actionable
It can give an approximate count freeways. data
of total number of vehicles & • Wrong way vehicle detection:
pedestrians on the road. This can Detects & warns drivers and alerts Intelligent traffic cameras provide
also be used as an input for other authorities, thereby preventing real-time, meaningful, and actionable
smart city initiatives. accidents and improving roadway data to Traffic Control Centers. This
• Vehicle classification: It helps in safety. When the driver tries to allows for better understanding of
traffic patterns and counts including
detecting the type of vehicle – take a wrong turn, the system assessing peak and non-peak periods
Truck, Bus, Taxis etc. triggers a red LED message to at a glance. It gives the insight into
• Evidence in case of Accidents: the driver, warning him/her where and when officers are most
Video surveillance with analytics to stop & turn around. Also, it needed. It also provides a better
enables us to gather evidence in can send a text or email alert understanding of driver behaviour
case of accidents, which proves to designated responders to including when people speed and
to be helpful in protection against deploy & attempt to stop the what speeds are typical. Ultimately,
litigation and provides evidence vehicle if they continue to pass the cameras transform the
for insurance processing. the sign. transportation ecosystem by helping
• Congestion detection: Video • License plate recognition: This is to change those behaviors. Real time
analytics helps to detect the another feature used to identify alerts and warnings to slow down by
velocity of traffic, whether the & read license plate numbers SMS, email, and mailings give drivers
traffic is moving at slow rate or for logging in all the data an impetus to slow down or suffer
fast or halted. related to the vehicle, which can the consequences.
• Stopped vehicle detection: then be used for toll, traffic The technology used by traffic
The video based automatic control, suspicious activities cameras essentially allows for
vehicle detection help to detect detection, etc. police presence on the roads 24/7.

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