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A trailer was developed in order to accommodate the complete system with standalone power generation, computer image capture and recording, controlled lighting to operate day or night without disturbance, incremental encoder with 5000 pulses per revolution attached to one of the trailer wheels, under a meter Global Positioning System (GPS) localization, easy to utilize with any vehicle with a trailer towing system and focused on a complete low cost solution. The paper describes the system architecture of the developed prototype, its calibration procedure, the performed experimentation and some obtained results, along with a discussion and comparison with existing systems. Sustained operating trailer speeds of up to 30 km\/h are achievable without loss of quality at 4096 pixels\u2019 image width (1 m width of road surface) with 250 \u00b5m\/pixel resolution. Higher scanning speeds can be achieved by lowering the image resolution (120 km\/h with 1 mm\/pixel). 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