FLIR releases thermal imaging dataset
The machine vision company FLIR has released datasets from thermal imaging cameras, designed to help in the development of vehicle safety systems. Annotated data from six European cities, including London, they contain a total of 14,353 annotated thermal images to increase testing and development of convolutional neural networks. The images were taken in a variety […]
Germany bans sat navs from detailing speed camera locations
The German Federal Government’s amended traffic laws include a ban on sat navs from alerting drivers to the location of speed cameras. Visordown.com reports that the country has strengthened its rules regarding speed camera warnings – it was already illegal to use detection systems in vehicles. This means motorists travelling through or to Germany will […]
Amazon moving further into driverless vehicle sector
Amazon’s reported to be in advanced talks to buy the self-driving car start-up Zoox, the company which describes itself as producing “more than just a car with a computer.” The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon’s set to pay US$3.2 billion (£2.6 billion) for the company, which is apparently lower than recent market valuations. But […]
Carmakers alter driverless plans in light of Covid
Car companies developing business cases for driverless cars are said to be switching their focus from passengers to freight in the light changes to travel patterns thanks to Coronavirus. The Detroit News reports that, with demand for car-sharing and ride-sharing diminishing sharply thanks to social-distancing , companies are “shifting their focus to using driverless vehicles to […]
Lincs police launch speed enforcement campaign
Drivers in Lincolnshire are being warned that an increased number of police are being deployed to focus on speeding on the county’s roads. The county’s police force says its using marked and unmarked cars and bikes carrying out speed checks as part of a campaign using both mobile and fixed safety cameras. They say this […]
HERE and APCOA partner on digitising car park mapping
Mapping and data company HERE Technologies is partnering with Europe’s biggest parking operator APCOA to digitise the maps of nearly ten thousand car parks. They’ve agreed to work on a joint parking solution for car makers, mobility service providers and smart cities, delivering parking data using in-car infotainment systems, apps and websites. They’ll also target […]
WPS upgrades parking kit to touchless
Dynniq’s parking subsidiary WPS is introducing new solutions to reduce the risk of virus transmission in car parks by upgrading ticket machines and barrier entry terminals. They’ll replace buttons with a touchless infrared ticket printer button where the customer just waves their hand in front of a sensor and the ticket is issued. Pay stations […]
New parking API “to transform journeys”
Parking technology company AppyWay is launching a new interface for developers to help drivers get what it calls “a parking sixth sense”. It’s mapped parking restrictions for more than 450 towns and cities in the UK to create what it says is the UK’s largest, standardised kerbside restriction dataset showing if it’s legal to park, […]
Cubic releases new connected vehicle solution
A new central transport management system’s been launched bringing traffic network data into a single repository for a real-time, integrated view of traffic operations. Cubic Transportation Systems’s TidalWave solution is providing connected vehicle technology as a standard feature to customers, using edge computing and machine learning. Cubic says TidalWave’s real-time service opens “endless possibilities” to […]
Highway Care leading the way in on-site Covid safety plans
Within minutes of the launch of new social distancing and safety solution www.keep2m.co.uk on 20 May, Highway maintenance and safety solution company – Highway Care’s Operations Director, Andrew MacCuish, was in touch with the start-up to make an order for new social distance tags offered on the website. The tags, new to the UK, offer an audible […]