Determining Vehicle Speed from a Video Recording
CCTV video is typically used to provide information about what occurred during a noted event and to assist in identifying people, vehicles, objects, etc. A less common but equally helpful use of CCTV video is to determine the speed of vehicles traveling through the field of view. This article summarizes the legal and...
Case Study: Vehicle Speed Determination Based on Video Evidence Rejected as Being Unhelpful
Determining the speed of motor vehicles involved in collisions is central to virtually all cases where fatalities have occurred. I have prosecuted countless criminal driving fatality cases wherein speed was integral to determining liability. While there are cases where vehicle speed cannot be reliably determined, speed can typically be determined from measurements obtained at the...