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The reduction in serious traffic accidents in Latvia since the installation of a new speed camera enforcement network in 2015

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and data processing with export function for law enforcement agencies.

As a result, Latvia could start small, installing just a few speed cameras at first, and then was able to scale up as quickly as necessary without additional investment in IT capabilities. More importantly, having control over the complete data lifetime – from camera network availability to speeding ticket export for law enforcement agencies – ensures high data quality and strict adherence to the predefined service-level agreement. The whole process can take as little as a few minutes, from the detection of a violation, to an enforcement case that is ready for export.

Not only is data automatically imported from the cameras, it is also pre-processed using deep neural networks to segment, classify and recognize vehicles, doing so with previously unattainable granularity and precision. As an example, while

many speed cameras can classify only trucks and passenger vehicles, the Latvian solution can discern emergency vehicles, motorbikes, buses, and other vehicle classes as well. These new capabilities improve the flexibility of speed enforcement (for example, allowing for more granular thresholding of different vehicle classes, and applying various thresholds based on visually detectable weather conditions), while also increasing the productivity of back-office workers, making it possible to process a much larger amount of The number of fatalities cases (applying different workflows on roads in Latvia, due for emergency vehicles, bikes with no license plate facing the camera, etc). to speeding, (since 2015) that are part of its The future new speed-camera As a part of the national intelligent transportation systems’ architecture and enforcement network a significant data and service contributor, the national speed camera network is viewed as an important driver behind improving traffic safety. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, speeding contributes to 30% of highway crash fatalities. Transitioning every road to Route Zero – zero fatalities – may take time, but, as the Latvian example shows, it is an attainable goal. n

Above: Latvia’s speed camera network is creating some of the safest roads in Europe