From The Belfast Telegraph.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 16675.html17 February 2014
Drivers making banned turns or illegally using yellow-box junctions are liable to be caught out by remote cameras in a pioneering initiative by a borough council.
The first unattended CCTV enforcement system for moving traffic offences has been introduced by Redbridge council in east London.
The council said the scheme was working well, with "serious traffic contraventions" captured.
In use at four locations, the system has been designed by the Videalert company and can also catch drivers ignoring restricted access signs.
According to the company, its system combines video analytics and ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) detection to "capture more offences than can be achieved by traditional legacy solutions and will deliver a higher return on investment and compliance whilst increasing road safety wherever it is deployed".
It has been installed using an innovative capital expenditure neutral model, whereby all costs are recovered through the issuing of penalty charge notices (PCNs).
It automates the detection and capture of the moving traffic offences and provides efficient post review and validation processing of the evidence data before automatic posting to the back office system that issues the PCNs.
Redbridge council's environment, transportation and crime committee head, Shoaib Patel, said: "The system was installed to counter the high number of drivers that were ignoring the traffic restrictions that were in place, causing severe safety hazards to pedestrians and other drivers.
"The system is working well and we have captured a number of vehicles committing serious traffic contraventions, which is promising."