New Camera Test On A3

German company trials new technology to gain Home Office approval

The system in place

A speed camera installed on the A3 near Kingston is new technology that is being tested to gain Home Office approval, PistonHeads has learnt.

The camera is unlike anything we have seen before and appears to consist of three parts and has two sets of road marking before and after it.

A London Safety Camera Partnership spokeswoman has told us that the camera is not enforcing (although we still wouldn’t recommend speeding through it) and is being trialled by a company called Robot Visual Systems in Germany.

We have requested details for the new system, which is on the A3 near the A308 turn-off, but perhaps unsurprisingly Robot has ignored our request.

This sits behind the camera

From having a trawl through their website
(www.robot.de) it appears that the system may include both a traditional camera with flash and an automatic number plate recognition system.

Whatever it is it looks like a step forward in the fight against the motorist and if it is deemed to catch enough drivers will no doubt become a more common fixture on our roads.

There is a pole after the camera that looks like it will carry another piece of technology.

The London Safety Camera Partnership spokeswoman added: ‘Transport for London is facilitating a trial of new speed camera technology on the A3 near Kingston.

‘The trial is to allow the manufacturer, Robot Visual Systems, to test the cameras in order to gain Home Office Type Approval.

‘This is purely a technology trial and the cameras are not enforcing.’