Within
a week, from 15 to 21 July, 4,244 vehicles were caught violating traffic rules
in Mandalay, the second largest commercial city in the central part of Myanmar.
The
installation of a 24-hour monitoring system at traffic lights has exposed a
large number of traffic rule violations within a week in Mandalay, also known
as the cultural city for its ancient heritage.
With
regard to the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) software,
Mandalay Mayor Dr Ye Lwin said, “As the system can document every traffic rule
violator, whether it is a motorcycle or a car, after automatically taking three
or four photos, aside from video recording the whole incident at all times,
there is no place for violators to hide.”
The
system can track the route of a violator until they reach their destination,
the mayor wrote on his Facebook page.
Each
of the 32 traffic lights of the cultural city now have a SCATS, which is
equipped with a 360-degree dome surveillance camera that has a zoom-in capacity
of 20 yards.
“SCATS
is a useful system both for traffic rules enforcement and security, as it can
immediately report an accident,” said an official of the Mandalay City
Development Committee.
Over
130 CCTVs, including 11 speed dome, 21 red-light and 117 licence plate
recognition cameras, have been installed at a separate post near the
SCATS-equipped traffic lights as a tracking device.
Thurein
Lin/MDN
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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