Patent ID: 8260533

Claim:
An automatic traffic monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of remotely programmable stationary traffic monitoring points located in proximity to roads; a remote server in communication with the stationary traffic monitoring points and adapted to automatically issue citations for traffic laws violations; each stationary traffic monitoring point including a radio module for interfacing to a mobile communication network; each stationary traffic monitoring point including a module for automatically receiving information about a moving vehicle from the moving vehicle; each stationary traffic monitoring point including a module for automatically measuring movement parameters of the vehicle; each stationary traffic monitoring point including a processor for automatically determining whether the moving vehicle is in violation of traffic laws, for classifying traffic violations and for determining occurrence of abnormal events; and each stationary traffic monitoring point including means for automatic storing and transmitting information about the moving vehicle, the parameters of the moving vehicle and the determination to a remote server over the mobile communication network and then over the Internet.