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CAMERAS WILL TAPE CAR CRASHES

   Smart video cameras that are automatically triggered to save footage of crashes onto
computers are to go on trial in a bid to put the brakes on reckless drivers.
   Video footage of collisions will be automatically recorded to provide evidence about
their cause, which could then be used to prosecute motorists.
   The new cameras work by continuously recording an accident-prone area. Footage is
not recorded on tape, but rather stored digitally on a computer that can be either
integrated within the camera box or located at a traffic-surveillance centre. The computer
stores footage in a loop, re-recording over past scenes until the camera senses a
collision. Then, the past five minutes of digitised footage are stored in a separate file that
is not recorded over again so it can be used by the police to determine the cause of the
accident.
   The system knows when an accident has happened because it will be linked to
computers that monitor traffic flows through sensors buried in the road and adjust the
sequence of traffic lights accordingly. Sophisticated software will enable the traffic-light
computer to know when there has been an accident, by detecting any dramatic change in
the flow of vehicles, and trigger the computer to save the preceding five minutes of
footage.
   The system, due to be tested in London initially, is far more advanced than the police
cameras at crossroads which catch drivers jumping red lights.
   A similar scheme has already been successfully tried in Japan. It uses a crash-sensitive
microphone to "listen" for collisions at junctions in Tokyo. Originally designed to allow
golfers to study their swing frame-by-frame on video by using the sound of the club
striking the ball as a trigger, it stores a before-and-after sequence whenever the sound
of crunching metal is detected.

The Sunday Times