What it means
VIDES combines two jobs that older systems kept separate: incident detection, as in a VIDS, and enforcement of traffic rules. It works with ANPR to identify the vehicle, and speed detection (VSDS) is integrated into it.
How it applies in India
NHAI announced the standards on 17 October 2023. According to NHAI's release, VIDES replaces the earlier VIDS cameras and can identify 14 distinct incidents, including triple riding, helmet and seatbelt violations, wrong lane or direction driving, animals on the highway and pedestrian crossings. Depending on the incident, VIDES alerts route patrol vehicles or ambulances, generates e-challans, sends alerts to nearby variable message boards, or notifies nearby travellers through the Rajmargyatra app. The cameras are planned every 10 km along national highways, with command and control centres every 100 km.
For a bidder, VIDES means one gantry carries several functions, so the cameras, processing units and command centre software must work as one system.