Leica Geosystems有助于使道路重新开放并保持经济发展，同时提供更好的碰撞调查，并减轻警察的压力

“Several major roads run through our county, including the M1, A1 and A52,” points out PC Mark Gascoigne, senior forensic collision investigator with Nottinghamshire Police. “When there are life-altering injuries or fatalities, it’s vital for everyone’s sake that we do the most thorough job we can, and that we don’t rush it. And yet we’re under tremendous pressure to reopen the roads as soon as possible, because closure causes chaos.”

“至少有85％的高速公路事件将在一小时内清除。”
– Target stated in HighwaysEngland’s Strategic Business Plan 2015-2020

New equipment works faster and right first time

In 2018, Mark’s collision investigation unit replaced its ageing equipment with new kit from Leica Geosystems. “It wasn’t the other manufacturer’s fault, but the equipment was 10 years old and falling to bits,” says Mark. “Half the time it just wouldn’t work, and we’d waste time switching it on and off and fiddling with it. That can add a couple of hours onto road closure time, and puts us under a lot of strain.”

马克的团队现在有一个Leica GS18T和Leica Viva TS16in one of their two vehicles. It’s worked out so well, they plan to fit the second vehicle with the same kit in 2020. “It’s a pleasure to have equipment that functions to such a high standard and captures such high-quality data, and we’d prefer to standardise across both vehicles,” he says.

Leica的强大伙伴

“最初，我们还在寻找其他制造商，但他们无法获取演示数据来馈入我们的绘图软件。他们也没有并排比较；Leica套件感觉更好，操作更好。几乎没有价格差异，我们与莱卡（Leica）一起去了。而且从来没有让我们失败。”

马克承认，两次购买并没有使诺丁汉郡警察成为Leica的大客户。“但是他们真的照顾了我们。他们没有期望我们去米尔顿凯恩斯接受训练，这将是破坏性且昂贵的，而是在六天内三度到这里，无需额外费用。”

Laser-scanning can be overkill

马克解释说，有些官员认为更好的是激光扫描整个场景。“但是，如果您拥有的只是几辆汽车，一些标记和边缘，那么GS18T就不得不取决于它。而且它很快：作为GNSS RTK漫游者，GS18T始终确切地知道它的位置，因此无需花费时间将泡沫与杆子保持垂直。晚上可能会更好，当时可能很难看到泡沫。另外，您还可以将GS18T的杆子固定在想要的任何位置。如果您捕获的场景中有600分，那么每点节省三到五秒的时间可能会使您在现场的时间减少近一个小时。

“We often don’t even need to turn the TS16 total station on, although it’s great when you don’t have easy access to the sky, like in a tunnel or surrounded by high-rise buildings. We also use it on the roof of a police car, to help us calculate the speed a vehicle must have been doing.”