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Tokyo - The cameras had been massed outside a Tokyo detention centre for hours waiting for the shot, but when ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn finally emerged, he was in disguise and almost unrecognisable.

The police are getting closer to linking their computer networks to marry speed and traffic cameras, and traffic tickets with vehicle registration data, making it possible to start automating fines in the hope of having a more thorough and accurate penalty system.

As Thailand is unofficially acknowledged as having the highest fatality rate in road accidents worldwide, road safety advocates and police are backing a proposal that would see as many as 80 per cent of cars equipped with dashboard cameras and carrying “Photo in Car” stickers to discourage violations.

Traffic police will start using cameras to capture motorists illegally changing lanes at 13 flyovers and one tunnel in Bangkok at the end of this month.

POLICE in Bangkok have ordered all stations in the capital to speed up checks of surveillance cameras in their areas in a bid to provide better safety for the public.

Virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree cameras are evidently prolific in the multimedia industry. The trend began with the Samsung Gear 360 and the Nikon Keymission 360, but Ricoh recently joined with its very own Theta SC 360-degree camera.