Phikom: Abuja – The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated a national implementation committee on Traffic Camera Surveillance and Safety Certification Scheme to prevent risk and accident

Under the scheme, smart cameras would be deployed on the roads to assist in the reduction of serious and fatal speed-related road accidents and unethical behaviours.

The scheme is a Public Private Partnership championed by the Risk and Accident Prevention Society of Nigeria (RAPSON), an NGO, in collaboration with the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values.

Inaugurating the committee, Dr Sarah Jibril, the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values, said that if every Nigerian would abide by the law, many lives would be saved.

“One needs autonomous morality, one needs to police oneself and be law abiding in order to be a responsible citizen,’’ she said.

The presidential Aide, however, urged Nigerians to embrace attitudinal change and ethical values to ensure the rapid development of the country.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/fg-inaugurates-committee-on-national-traffic-camera-surveillance/

Mad Cow:

[b]LOL!!

Well, there are Post Offices in Nigeria, but how well do they function?! Start a Poll and ask Nigerians the last time they used Government Post Offices or the last time they recieved any government mails?!

And the New Plate number thing you speak of is still useless.

Do you know why a Police crusier is able to catch a driver that has unpaid parking tickets or a felony out on him in the UK & US?!!

Answer below:

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You see a Police Cruiser, it comes fully equipped with a computer that is still hooked up to the internet. Thats why a police car driving along a quiet sleepy neighbourhood and simply just upload all the number plates of all the cars on the street and get info on their owners.

Who here has tried to get a Nigerian License recently?! Im talking about the new License o!! What you hear almost always is; THE SYSTEM/SERVER IS DOWN. Is this how we want to work?! Look at a Nigerian Police cruiser;



Most dont even have a functioning 'radio' (Walkie-Talkie) talkless of having computers.

Let us first of all repair the Law enforcement agencies. Let the Police be re-trained and this time properly, be fully equipped with an assortment of tools and be well kitted. Lets start with putting up road signs on our roads. Proper road signs this time. Go on an awareness campaign. Lets start with simple speed guns and roadblocks. Jumping from A to Z approach is just dead azz wrong. The Nigerian Government need to learn how to do things properly. There is something known as due process...

Nigeria has not reached CCTV level just yet. No NEPA, No good local security (so someone would even steal all those cameras finish), No good internet, No good database, Poorly trained personnel, e.t.c.. Correct the smaller details before bringing in the advanced stuff. [/b]

princefunmi:

This is a long dead thread. Still, I will take the liberty to comment.

Granted! A lot of things are still out of place in Nigeria. I haven't been to the other countries to see what their police cruisers look like. But common sense tells me that this picture you posted cannot be a regular police cruiser. Yes, there may be some specialized cruisers, but think of it, a police cruiser is quite likely to be involved in intense vehicular chases from time to time. It is not uncommon for cruisers to be totaled in such chases. If all this gadgets are in a cruiser, don't you think it would constitute a danger to officers who might get involved in car chases, knowing full well there is a chance they may get involved in some horrendous collision. Just saying.

Going back to the matter at hand. A lot of you guys on this thread are rather short sighted. I'm sorry to say. No offence intended really. Catching the bad guys is just on small benefit of traffic cameras. Sometimes we wish we could have an eagle eye on some roads to know what traffic is like there. With the traffic cameras installed, all you need do is develop an app that would interpolate feeds from this camera's and aggregate them on the app. You now then have a functional traffic monitor in your hands. This is a very common application in places like Japan, China, UK and the rest. That's only one of the many good aspect and possibilities about it provided it is followed through.

I think its high time we stopped complaining about everything and anything and become more proactive. Lets see the possibilities and not the hindrances. Its a shame that many of the guys who complain here are those who go to other countries and live a life of second class inhabitants and then come back and spew out a lot of trash talk. What impact are you making? None.
Living in other countries is not a social status or class thing. Its degenerate when people think its a class thing when you go to other countries and live and work as aliens without due and proper recourse to your homeland. Think about it, if Nigeria goes up in smoke today and ceases to exist, it means you have no roots.

princefunmi:

This is a long dead thread. Still, I will take the liberty to comment.

Granted! A lot of things are still out of place in Nigeria. I haven't been to the other countries to see what their police cruisers look like. But common sense tells me that this picture you posted cannot be a regular police cruiser. Yes, there may be some specialized cruisers, but think of it, a police cruiser is quite likely to be involved in intense vehicular chases from time to time. It is not uncommon for cruisers to be totaled in such chases. If all this gadgets are in a cruiser, don't you think it would constitute a danger to officers who might get involved in car chases, knowing full well there is a chance they may get involved in some horrendous collision. Just saying.

Going back to the matter at hand. A lot of you guys on this thread are rather short sighted. I'm sorry to say. No offence intended really. Catching the bad guys is just on small benefit of traffic cameras. Sometimes we wish we could have an eagle eye on some roads to know what traffic is like there. With the traffic cameras installed, all you need do is develop an app that would interpolate feeds from this camera's and aggregate them on the app. You now then have a functional traffic monitor in your hands. This is a very common application in places like Japan, China, UK and the rest. That's only one of the many good aspect and possibilities about it provided it is followed through.

I think its high time we stopped complaining about everything and anything and become more proactive. Lets see the possibilities and not the hindrances. Its a shame that many of the guys who complain here are those who go to other countries and live a life of second class inhabitants and then come back and spew out a lot of trash talk. What impact are you making? None.
Living in other countries is not a social status or class thing. Its degenerate when people think its a class thing when you go to other countries and live and work as aliens without due and proper recourse to your homeland. Think about it, if Nigeria goes up in smoke today and ceases to exist, it means you have no roots.

Mad Cow: What a waste of our Money!!

So the Camera catches a Honda CRV doing 140 Km/h on a 60 Km/h road. What would happen?!

If it were abroad, here is how it would work;

1. The license plate of the car will be photographed and ran through their Database to finds its owner.

2. A picture showing the car and the recorded speed will be sent to the house of the owner via mail/post.

3. A ticket will be sent to the owner via mail as well.

4. Depending on the level, the owner may have to appear in court.

#Thats it..

In Nigeria, where there is no electricity, no datebase, no Post office/ mailing address howw would this work?@!