ProVida

Typical installation of ProVida 2000 and ANPR system, with Mobile Data Terminal and Remote Control Unit on show

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.

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

Details of the user interface

A screen shot of the ProVida system - notice the s:d:t: indicators for speed, distance and time when recording target speeds

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

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.

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