Do electronic police cameras enforce one-way streets during early morning hours?
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They do enforce. Electronic police cameras operate 24/7 for traffic monitoring. Below are detailed descriptions of other violation detection methods: 1. Traffic flow monitoring: Installed on slender poles. These record traffic volume at different times of day, submitting data to traffic authorities for traffic light interval adjustments, not for recording vehicle violations. 2. Speed violation cameras: Installed at marked locations (easily noticeable) but also hidden along highways (hard to identify). If flashing when passing, it indicates speeding. 3. Illegal parking cameras: Commonly seen in residential alleys and high-traffic areas, they also monitor wrong-way driving and prolonged illegal parking with over 90% accuracy. Equipped with zoom lenses for automatic image adjustment, they have a 200-meter visual range. 4. Multi-camera poles: Typically placed between intersections, most frequently on main roads with 60 km/h speed limits. Some are concealed under bridges.
As a ride-hailing driver who frequently takes orders in the early morning, I can say that electronic traffic police are quite diligent in capturing violations during these hours. I remember once when I was rushing to the airport for a trip, at 3 a.m., I saw someone trying to save time by driving the wrong way into a residential area on a one-way street, and the flash went off twice immediately. Electronic traffic police operate year-round without breaks, and one-way streets are under particularly close surveillance. During nighttime when lighting is poor, most systems use infrared or radar sensors, but violations are still captured clearly. The traffic police department's data center is staffed 24/7, and all early morning violation records are uploaded to the system. My advice is to honestly follow the rules—after driving for seven years, I’ve never dared to take chances on one-way streets, as the cost of penalties far outweighs the inconvenience of taking a detour.
Over the years of maintaining road monitoring equipment, I've found that 24/7 operation is a standard configuration. The radar-triggered devices built into one-way electronic police systems don't consider lighting conditions at all—they activate the cameras whenever an object moves against the traffic flow. Just last week, I adjusted the equipment logs for a one-way street in the new district, which were still recording traffic violations at 4:17 AM. These machines are equipped with ultra-starlight sensors paired with infrared illuminators, making nighttime image quality actually clearer than during rainy or foggy conditions. Honestly, the system is more reliable than humans—when we perform maintenance and power it off for more than 5 minutes, it automatically uploads alarm records to the command center.
