Dramatic news for drivers:
after more than 60 hours of investigation, the panel of three judges at the traffic court in Be'er Sheva determined: A3 speed cameras are reliable and drivers can be convicted of speeding offenses using their records.
A3 cameras are deployed all over the country - on roads and highways where there is a fear that an accident at excessive speed could end in deaths and serious injuries.
The cameras were bought from a company in the Netherlands and over 100 countries have used them and their reliability has been proven in all countries.
The cameras in Israel began their operational activity in 2012, and they record speed according to what the police define, but also crossing a red light intersection.
Drivers will have to drive carefully.
Speed camera on the road in Israel // Photo: Yehoshua Yosef,
Experiments were carried out by the police
In 2014, the first trial was conducted in the South where the reliability of the camera was tested, then it was determined that it was reliable, later in 2018 a trial was conducted in Acre, a trial that made headlines following the court's determination that the reliability of the A3 system had not been proven before it, this after it became clear that seven of the hundreds of experiments were carried out in the Dutch NMI laboratory, Neither the expert Ilan Carmit nor any other representative from the Standards Institute were present.
The accuser did not bring to the witness stand any person who was present at the time of the tests, so that the very performance of the tests remains "hearsay evidence".
The court ruled that the conformity of the A3 camera system to the claimed standard was not proven, not even prima facie and noted that "this is a flawed procedure and it would have been better under the circumstances detailed above that the standard had not been granted to the system in the first place".
The police decided to carry out tests and experiments, photo: Yehoshua Yosef
The police decided to carry out tests and experiments on their own in order to prove the reliability of the system and together with the Technion they did a series of tests and experiments.
In 2019, Nassara Hassan was caught speeding three times by A3 cameras, the accused pleaded not guilty to what was attributed to him. The accused also pleaded not guilty to actually driving the vehicle, but the main part of his denial was a fundamental disbelief, in the reliability of the A3 camera system, and in the proper operation of the system at all stages, including The establishment of positions and the stages of system maintenance Due to the great importance of the issue discussed before us, the issue of the reliability of the A3 camera system, a team was established for the purpose of the discussion.
In order to prove the device's reliability, the accuser obtained the opinions of many experts from Israel and abroad, including: the manufacturer's representative (who lives in the Netherlands), the head of the automotive engineering laboratory at the Technion, the head of the compatibility and electro-magnetics branch at the Standards Institute, and other opinions of engineers and computer specialists.
Speed camera at a licensed intersection // Photo: Yehoshua Yosef,
The state presented to the court the results of a field test conducted through the Technion, in which more than 700 normal speed measurements were performed (when only 500 were required).
The speed was measured simultaneously by both the A3 system and Vibox or Videobox devices, when the systems operate with a completely different measurement method for measuring the speed of a given vehicle.
The court ruled that after the reliability of the A3 system was proven, and after we were convinced that the system was in working order at the time the offenses were committed, and the failures pointed out by the defense counsel - the defendant had no reason to establish a reasonable doubt as to the reliability of the speed measurements provided by the A3 system.
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