They are almost always small cylindrical or dome shaped cameras that are enclosed in a weatherproof housing.
Cameras on top of street lights.
Traffic light cameras these fixed cameras activate when the light goes red.
As early as 2007 the idea of securing cameras to street lights was being discussed in the united kingdom.
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Sensors in the road detect if you go over the line on a red light which cause the camera to flash.
The most common type of camera is the type that is actually talked about the least traffic sensor cameras.
The small black cameras on traffic lights usually exist together with those white cameras on street light.
In 2010 a system of microphones was deployed on street lights in several british cities.
It isn t necessary to create an entire smart grid in order to install surveillance technology into street lights.
So i was wondering why would there be 2 sensors existing at the same time or something.
The high powered microphones were designed to pick up on angry or distressed voices and suspicious sounds automatically triggering a linked camera to zoom in on the source of the noise.
Because of their similar setup truvelo speed cameras can also be used as red light cameras and vice versa.