The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to enforce HGV weight restrictions using an unattended digital CCTV-based hosted system from Videalert.
This system is delivered using CEaaS, a Civil Enforcement as a Service solution that uses the Videalert’s DfT Manufacturer Certified hosted platform.
The system is delivered by Videalert as a fully managed service and will enforce weight restriction contraventions which apply to HGVs exceeding 7.5 tonnes on designated roads. The limits apply to the maximum permitted weight of vehicles so empty HGVs or those with part-loads are still subject to the prohibitions. White-lists enable ‘except for access’ clauses to permit HGV access to local businesses or homes for deliveries and removals.
ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) is used with video analytics to capture vehicles that disregard the weight restrictions. Contraventions are automatically captured at the time they occur and transferred to the hosted server platform without using any council IT infrastructure or communications networks. Evidence packs are remotely reviewed and processed by the council’s enforcement contractor staff using standard web browsers. Confirmed offences are sent to the PCN back office system for processing.
CEaaS includes the planning, supply, installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance of all necessary on-street equipment such as the latest digital cameras and all associated communications connectivity. The equipment can be moved and relocated as Hillingdon requires.
Tim Daniels, Sales and Marketing Director of Videalert, said: “CEaaS provides councils with a cost effective and efficient way to make weight limit restrictions really work. This fully managed service is highly flexible, allowing additional systems to be installed or existing ones removed to meet local needs without saddling councils with obsolete technology. It also enables councils (as and when legislated) to rapidly deploy enforcement of the full range of other moving traffic offences including banned turns, yellow box junctions, bus lanes and parking offences on keep clears outside schools.”
About Videalert
Videalert is a UK supplier of traffic enforcement and management products, such as an intelligent digital video platform for delivering civil traffic enforcement, traffic management and community safety applications. This combines video analytics with ANPR and offers deployment options including wired LAN, Wi-Fi LAN, 3G/4G WAN, mobile, attended and unattended as well as supporting analogue and ONVIF compliant digital megapixel cameras. Videalert has also introduced a multi-purpose CCTV vehicle that provides 360 degree coverage and runs multiple traffic management and enforcement applications simultaneously. Visit www.videalert.com.
