The 'LIFESAVER' 21st Century safety camera system
10 October 2007
The UK's market leader in Wi-Fi cctv systems has launched a unique camera system that is simply designed to save lives. The ‘Lifesaver' from 21st Century provides a life saving ‘look over the shoulder' for drivers of articulated and non-articulated vehicles, without taking their eyes off the road ahead.
Similar to the ‘Lifesaver' look used by motorcyclists, it is an extra check carried out by the driver when turning tight corners in city centres, or at any time when visibility of the rear parts of the vehicle is poor and could prove to be dangerous to pedestrians and other road users.
Accidents involving articulated or ‘bendy buses' have caused concern in the past, with some sources claiming that they are involved in up to 75% of all bus related accidents*. Collisions with cyclists and pedestrians were amongst the most common accidents reported. The 21st Century ‘Lifesaver' system is designed to give the driver maximum visibility of the road and other road users to minimise such accidents.
Up to four specially designed cameras can be installed; all are IP68, colour/mono, heated eyeball cameras, which provide high quality images in any weather conditions, even at night.
These can be mounted facing forward, above the wing mirrors facing to the rear, half way down the vehicle for articulated vehicles, or at the rear as an additional reversing aid.
All the cameras are connected to a specially designed switching unit and can be displayed directly onto one, or more driver's monitors. The correct image is automatically displayed during each manoeuvre, for example, when indicating left images from the left camera are displayed and when in reverse, the monitor switches to the rear camera.
Where a digital recording system is installed, event footage is recorded and downloaded along with footage from any internal cameras, guaranteeing a fully watermarked record of a sequence of events during any incident.
