Smile, You Are
On Camera! As
Tránsito Looks
To Cameras To
Fine Drivers
Héctor Monge,
director del
Consejo de
Seguridad Vial (Cosevi),
said on Thursday
that come next
year cameras
will be used to
monitor traffic
violations, as
the video
cameras will
record the
infraction that
will used to
generate a
traffic ticket
without the need
of a traffic
official or stop
the driver.
Monge said that
the process to
buy and install
the cameras will
begin at the
beginning of
2011.
The director
explained that
the plan is to
install
"infrared"
cameras that
will detect the
infraction and
using the
license plate of
the vehicle,
notify the owner
of the fine.
The cameras will
be used to
control items
like the
vehicular
restrictions of
San José and
record drivers
not stopping at
a stop sign or
red light.
Monge explained
that, in
addition to
generate traffic
fines, the
cameras will
help reduce
traffic
accidents as
drivers will be
more respectful
of the traffic
laws.
The system will
be working 24
hours a day and
take up the
slack of the
overworked and
understaffed
police force.
The director
would not give
an estimate of
the cost of the
project, saying
that in San José
the system can
take advantage
of the already
existing fibre
optic network
that is
currently being
used by the
municipality and
the MOPT to
control traffic
lights and
conditions.
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