Driving better parking
Council has introduced advanced number plate recognition and positioning technology mounted on a new, distinctive vehicle to monitor parking using specially designed cameras. This significantly improves the efficiency and safety of parking monitoring.
The advantages of this approach include a more efficient way of regulating parking than has previously been possible by monitoring on foot.
Unfortunately our Parking Officers can be subject to violence and aggression. Nobody should be subjected to this behaviour while simply doing their job. This vehicle based approach to monitoring significantly increases their safety.
How it works
The infrared cameras take multiple images of vehicles parked in regulated parking zones automatically identifying whether they are illegally parked and if so recording the date, time and location.
Non target number plates and images of people that are also captured are automatically blurred out by the system making them unidentifiable leaving only the required vehicle and number plate visible.
Privacy
The information collected is only used for the purposes of regulating and improving parking in Noosa. All information is held on Australian servers and is managed in strict compliance with Queensland’s Privacy Laws.
The vehicle is operated by two people, the driver and a secondary officer who monitors and validates detections and double checks where there is uncertainty.
Where an offence is detected, the system generates an infringement including an image and all of the relevant information collected. This is then reviewed by an Authorised Officer to make sure that it’s correct and valid before it is processed for issuing.
Issuing fines
Penalty Infringement Notices are issued by mail to the vehicle owner following a motor vehicle search to identify the registered owner. All correspondence is clearly marked as official Noosa Council communication and includes all necessary information, including a photograph related to the offence. Current Queensland Legislation prevents the issuing of infringement notices by SMS or email without the recipient’s consent. Council is working with the State Government and other Councils on progressing our ability to do this.