21st Century Technology has supplied and installed the Journeo Camera Monitor System on over 100 vehicles for Go Ahead, London’s largest operator, including 62 as part of a continuous innovation programme at Northumberland Park depot as electric vehicles replace diesel.
The Journeo Camera Monitoring System dramatically improves the driver’s view, using high-definition cameras instead of mirrors to help reduce incidents and accidents, and lowers the lifetime running costs of the vehicle.
It not only removes blind spots but also reduces the collision risk between mirrors and road users, street furniture and trees.
Richard Harrington, Engineering Director for Go Ahead London, commented: “I have been impressed with version 2 of the Journeo CMS, which provides drivers with a digital overlay to give them context as to the position of the bus through the enhanced view in the monitors on both sides.
“It has been positively received by our drivers and performs well and as such currently remains on my vehicle specification. I look forward to further developments from 21st Century.”
The solution provides the driver with enhanced views over standard wing mirrors. Cameras adjust automatically to maintain image quality in all lighting conditions, removing glare from the sun during the day and from headlights at night.
Software loaded on to the displays removes distortion from raindrops or dirt on the lens, giving drivers an improved view of their surroundings at all times.
The Go Ahead vehicles have the Journeo cameras mounted externally on the vehicle within low-profile, weatherproof housings. The cameras deliver images to high resolution in-cab mounted monitors, which provide superior Class II and Class IV wide-angle views via a split screen display.
The Journeo Camera Monitor System was developed in readiness for TfL’s Vision Zero action plan, which aims to remove all deaths and serious injuries from London’s transport network by 2041, and was the first camera monitoring system available that is VCA-approved for use on the UK’s roads.