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ProVida

ProVida is a series of mobile surveillance and speed limit enforcement systems produced by UK-based Petards Group. It was originally developed in 1986 by Danish company JaiVISION. Its first user was Rigspolitiet Denmark, the Danish national police force. Today ProVida recordings are accepted as proof in various jurisdictions including the United Kingdom.

Contents

The latest iteration of the system, ProVida 4000, is available in more than ten languages. It consists of four components:

  • ProVida Surveillance
  • ProVida Speed Measurement
  • ProVida Mobile APNR
  • Specialist Cameras

    • Details of the user interface

    There are several international variants for the "SPEED" counter on the camera:

  • SPEED - United Kingdom, Poland, The Netherlands
  • EGEN HASTIGHED - Denmark, Norway, Sweden - from the Danish word egen hastighed meaning "own speed"
  • GESCHW - Germany - from the German word Geschwindigkeit meaning "speed", abbreviated to GESCHW.

    • Versions

    Early versions had the following display:

    PP SPEED 000.00 Mph

    The other variants were:

    PP SPEED 0.00 Mph

    and from 1994 onwards

    PP SPEED 0.00 m.p.h. SPEED 000 m.p.h.

    In 1996, a new version was launched, and this was in the format of

    v: 0.00mph o: 0mph

    By 1997, the screen was in a new format of:

    s: 0.00mph o: 0mph

    the "v" and "s" represent "vehicle" and "speed", literally.

    Foreign versions of the above were:

    h: 0.00km/t o: 0km/t

    where "h" is "egen hastighed", literally "own speed" in Danish.

    References

    ProVida Wikipedia
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