(openPR) - Wiesbaden. Through deployment of PoliScanspeed, 58 percent more vehicles were detected exceeding the speed limit in Western Australia than in the previous twelve months. The Western Australia police force recently published these figures in its latest annual report for the year to 30 June 2011. “This performance is attributed to the improved effectiveness of new VITRONIC digital speed cameras”, the report states.

According to the report, 13.7 million vehicles were measured between July 2010 and June 2011. Of these 26.1 percent were detected travelling in excess of the speed limit. Over the previous four years, this proportion was consistently between 16.1 percent and 17 percent. These independently published results demonstrate that the Western Australia police have now joined a long list of PoliScan users who have reported outstanding performance results following introduction of the VITRONIC system.

PoliScanspeed is a LIDAR based speed enforcement system from VITRONIC. The innovative laser technology allows measuring without in-road equipment such as loops or sensors. The system is capable of operating in challenging situations such as multi-lane roads with significant traffic volumes, road work zones and bends. It even operates with vehicles tailgating, travelling adjacent to other vehicles or changing lanes.

The system is in use worldwide as a mobile or a stationary solution and significantly enhances road safety in numerous European countries, the USA, Australia and the Middle East.

Since its foundation in 1984, VITRONIC GmbH with its headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, offers machine vision systems for four core areas: industrial automation, logistics, traffic technology and bodyscanning. The spectrum covers everything from standardized solutions to systems that are individually tailored to customer specifications. All products are developed, designed and produced by VITRONIC.

In the field of traffic technology, VITRONIC's core competence is the enforcement of vehicles in free-flowing traffic. Agencies, state authorities and private service providers contribute to improved traffic safety with VITRONIC products. Toll system operators utilize these technologies in order to automate toll checking and toll collecting.

In the meantime, the company with about 340 employees is represented on five continents and VITRONIC products are currently in use in 40 countries.

VITRONIC Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH
Hasengartenstraße 14
65189 Wiesbaden
Germany
www.vitronic.com
Julia Stolle
Tel.: +49 (0)611/7152-0
julia.stolle@vitronic.com