US 2010/0302371 A1Published application

Vehicle tailgating detection system

OwnerMark Abramsinventor

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Abstract

Vehicle tailgating detection system comprising an unmarked police vehicle having a back end, a camera, still or video, installed on the police vehicle facing rearwards for acquiring and recording visual identification information about the tailgating vehicle during the tailgating incident, and a proximity sensor installed on the police vehicle to determine and transmit information about the distance between the unmarked police vehicle and the tailgating vehicle. Also included is a data processing computer for recording and processing identifying information about the tailgating vehicle, information about the distance between the vehicles and the speed of the vehicles, and information about the location, date and time of the tailgating incident. A global positioning navigation device for acquiring and recording information about the location coordinates of the vehicles during the tailgating incident and means to print a report with details about the tailgating incident from which a moving violation citation may be issued are also provided.

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A vehicle tailgating detection system installed in an unmarked police vehicle, comprising

an unmarked police vehicle having a back end and a front end;
a tailgating vehicle having a front end with identification information;
a camera installed in or on said unmarked police vehicle facing rearwards for acquiring visual information about said tailgating vehicle following closely behind said unmarked police vehicle during a tailgating incident;
a proximity sensor installed in or on said unmarked police vehicle to determine and transmit information about the distance between said unmarked police vehicle and said tailgating vehicle;
a global positioning satellite device to determine the location coordinates of said vehicles at the time of said tailgating incident;
a data processing computer for recording and processing identification information about said tailgating vehicle, the speed of said vehicles, the distance between said vehi-cles, and information about the location, date and time of said tailgating incident;
and,
means to record a report about said tailgating incident for issuing a moving violation citation.

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