Part of the 1,700 analogue speed cameras in the Netherlands expected to be replaced by digital speed cameras.

Amersfoort/Gouda – Peek Traffic, recently incorporated into European technical services provider Imtech, has brought its first digital speed camera in the Netherlands into operation. This new digital speed camera has been certified by the NMi (Netherlands Measurement Institute) and approved by the BVOM (Bureau for Traffic Enforcement of the Public Prosecution Service). The BOVM has already ordered 40 digital speed cameras for a number of police districts in the north, east and central Netherlands.

In the Dutch municipality of Nijkerk, Peek has installed an innovative design of speed camera not seen before on the Dutch market. The traditional ‘box on a pole’ has been replaced by a four-metre-high elegant steel pillar, which is also far less conspicuous.

There is no roll of film in the new speed camera as the entire process takes place digitally. Data processing is therefore faster and more efficient. When a speeding violation is detected, the license plate is automatically read and the class of vehicle determined. This information is saved in a separate file which is sent electronically to the processing system of the relevant police district, naturally using only secured communication facilities. Imtech ITC has played a major role in developing these facilities.

BVOM’s order for 40 digital speed cameras in the provinces Groningen, Drenthe, Twente and Gelderland, together with the contract for maintenance, represents an extra turnover of several million euro for Peek, and therefore for Imtech. It is anticipated that a part of the 1,700 analogue speed cameras in the Netherlands will eventually be replaced by digital models.