CTDOT Turning off camera.

[W1CRN]

I have noticed more and more everyday that if I go to look at a camer where I hear about a accident (minor or not) CTDOT turns the cameras off. I thought they were not suppose to do this anymore? Why do they do it. We have a right to know whats going on. If we have to travel in that area we want to know what the traffic looks like. Not look at a black screen that says no video. It really makes me mad the this tool is there for us to use but they don't let us use it. If it was a fatel or something OK I can see where shutting the camera off would be called for. But a minor MVA....I mean come on. What a waste of our money if we can't even use it!

 

[n5ims]

Perhaps a single camera can only service a maximum number of "clients" and the feed you're connecting to is a low priority one. Since it's a camera with activity (you indicated it's one with an MVA you heard about prior to your visit), the CTDOT monitors, local traffic reporters, and local media have taken all of the available connections to allow them to monitor and report on the status of that MVA.

Locally the media and traffic report companies pay a fee for camera access which most likely puts them near the head of the line when they want access. They also get better quality than the internet feeds provide. Our cameras also black out at times and I've seen the internet feed be blacked out at the same time that same camera is shown on the local news station's traffic coverage.

 

[KB1JHU]

It's not a connection issue. They shut the feed off. I think it depends on who is operating the cameras at the time because they have had bad rollovers and not shut the camera off but sometimes with a minor fender bender it's off seconds after they dispatch the trooper.

There's another thread about the cams here: http://forums.radioreference.com/co...ssion-forum/248157-dot-traffic-cams-live.html

 

[firerick100]

yesterday there was a van rollover on the highway in southington in the morning on i-84 at exit 32 i got the camera up and it showed the scene and every so often i would check back and it was still up they even moved the camera veiw a little bit to see the vehicle-and it was not blacked out-but there are times it is blacked out.

 

[firerick100]

idiots at dot did it again--there was a tractor trailer rollover on I-84 west at rt 15 entrance ramp and they shut down to cameras in the area

 

[Dave520]

Remember, it is the State Police that turn off the cameras not DOT.

 

[W1CRN]

Yeah I was wondering if they did or not. I drive by it this morning coming back from MA. Looked like a mess!

 

[freightguy]

Additional Camera Links

Here are a couple more links to the cameras, CT and US:

ConnDOT: Connecticut Traffic Cameras

TrafficLand.com - Traffic Cameras, Traffic Video, Live Traffic Cams

Mike