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Faqs On Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) Technology

The document discusses Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology that allows parking officers to monitor parked vehicles more efficiently. It works by photographing vehicle license plates along with time, date and location as a patrol vehicle drives around. If a vehicle remains parked longer than permitted when the patrol returns, an alert is generated. The council chose this system to better manage parking and increase turnover. Benefits include faster, cheaper surveys and monitoring of larger areas to increase compliance with parking restrictions. Stringent privacy guidelines will protect data and photos not related to fines.

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Faqs On Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) Technology

The document discusses Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology that allows parking officers to monitor parked vehicles more efficiently. It works by photographing vehicle license plates along with time, date and location as a patrol vehicle drives around. If a vehicle remains parked longer than permitted when the patrol returns, an alert is generated. The council chose this system to better manage parking and increase turnover. Benefits include faster, cheaper surveys and monitoring of larger areas to increase compliance with parking restrictions. Stringent privacy guidelines will protect data and photos not related to fines.

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FAQs on Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology

Question Answer
1. What is LPR Licence plate recognition (LPR) technology is technology that is
technology? used with a patrol vehicle to monitor parked vehicles. It consists
of software, a high speed camera and an integrated GPS. LPR is
currently used by the Police, in car parks and in other council
areas.

2. How does it work? As a patrol vehicle drives down a street with restricted parking,
the LPR system photographs the number plate of all parked
vehicles. The system also records the time, date and location of
the parked vehicles.

When the patrol vehicle revisits the street, if a reading matches


one from the first patrol the system alerts parking officers that a
vehicle has remained in the same spot for longer than the time
permitted.

3. Why did Council The LPR technology will allow Council to manage parking more
choose to use this efficiently. It will be used for part of the week to survey streets,
system? providing up-to-date information about parking turnover and
compliance, and on the remaining days to monitor parking.
4. What are the The LPR technology makes surveying faster, cheaper and allows us
benefits of using this to have current data. At present, an on-foot survey conducted by
technology? four casual staff takes 41 days and counts 13,082 vehicles at an
approximate cost of $1.65 per car. A survey using the new LPR
technology would take only 14 days by just 1 staff member and
counts 184,962 vehicles at a cost of approximately 8 cents per car.

Council currently has 12 parking officers who patrol 30 parking


zones on foot LPR will allow the parking officers to monitor larger
areas each day. There will also be work health and safety benefits
as it reduces the time parking officers will spend in isolated areas
and having to bend to chalk tyres, which can cause bio-mechanical
injuries.

5. Where will the LPR The LPR vehicle will be used in areas where there are parking
technology be used? restrictions but no parking meters.

6. Is this about No. Council’s objective is to increase parking turnover through


revenue raising for compliance and this new technology will provide us with data to
Council? better manage our parking supply. There may be a short-term
increase in fine revenue, however, our experience indicates that
increased monitoring ultimately results in increased compliance so
we are not expecting a long-term increase in fine revenue.
If the introduction of LPR results in better compliance with parking
restrictions, Council may be able to change the parking restrictions
in some areas.

7. Is the technology Council has trialled the technology and is confident that the data it
accurate? produces is accurate and motorists will not be unfairly fined.

8. How will I know if Using LPR technology is a method of electronically chalking a


the LPR has recorded vehicle so no indicators are left on the vehicle or the tyre. If a
my vehicle? vehicle has breached the time limit of a parking area, an
infringement notice will usually be placed directly on the vehicle.
On some occasions, an infringement notice may be posted to the
vehicle owner.

9. What if someone LPR technology incorporates GPS coordinates so it can tell if a car
parks their car in a has moved from one space to another. The Australian Road Rules
spot for the allotted say that a vehicle can only park in a restricted zone for the time
time and then moves stated on the sign. (A zone is defined by the inward facing arrows
it down the road. Will on the signs.) The vehicle must leave the zone, although it can
they get booked? return to the zone if a space is available. The LPR can detect
whether a vehicle has moved; vehicles that are parked legally will
not be fined.
10. How long will Council will only keep photos of vehicles for which fines have been
Council keep the issued, as is current practice. All others will be deleted daily.
photos and what Stringent privacy guidelines will be in place to ensure that data is
about privacy encrypted and is deleted when no longer required.
implications?

11. Will there be any LPR technology will be able to identify which vehicles have
changes to the resident parking permits. Parking officers will still need to check
resident parking for disability permits. The survey data collected by LPR will help
scheme? Council to determine whether additional resident or visitor
parking permits can reasonably be provided within an area. It is
anticipated that residents will be able to find a parking spot more
easily after the introduction of this technology once greater
compliance with time restrictions is achieved.

12. How frequently It is anticipated that Council will use the LPR technology regularly
will surveys be for surveying until we have established parking patterns across
undertaken using the the local government area for different times and days.
technology?

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