Completely agree - does anyone know if there are similar open source projects around this? I already have an RPi camera setup for this exactly purpose, but I estimate speed manually (I've measured distance between two visible points on the camera and do a quick calculation as the front bumper passes each point).
I've had it on my "list of side projects" to solve this problem with OpenCV, but haven't gotten enough "Tuits" to get it done, yet since the camera footage has been enough to get me a police car in front of my house monitoring speed. My cousin is a cop in my county and he's indicated that the spot is basically a "ticket-writing factory" -- they don't even bother with cars going 5-10 over since there are so many going 15+ and parking right in front of my house, across the street, puts the cop in a spot where he's not able to be noticed until the car is too close to slow down enough to avoid a ticket.
For a while, the spot was even marked as a speed trap on Waze (not sure if it still is, nor whether or not I was the one who marked it :), but I haven't looked in a while).
When I get it done, I'll be sure to post the complete code along with a blog post on how to set it up, but if there's anything already out there that could get me close, I'd love to know about it.
I've had it on my "list of side projects" to solve this problem with OpenCV, but haven't gotten enough "Tuits" to get it done, yet since the camera footage has been enough to get me a police car in front of my house monitoring speed. My cousin is a cop in my county and he's indicated that the spot is basically a "ticket-writing factory" -- they don't even bother with cars going 5-10 over since there are so many going 15+ and parking right in front of my house, across the street, puts the cop in a spot where he's not able to be noticed until the car is too close to slow down enough to avoid a ticket.
For a while, the spot was even marked as a speed trap on Waze (not sure if it still is, nor whether or not I was the one who marked it :), but I haven't looked in a while).
When I get it done, I'll be sure to post the complete code along with a blog post on how to set it up, but if there's anything already out there that could get me close, I'd love to know about it.