Parking offenders beware: There’s a new “robocop” in town that’s on your tail.
With a slick new hi-tech “toy” in tow, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is planning to roll out a brand-new way of catching parking offenders without having to hire more officers to patrol the streets en masse.
Plus, if you’re issued a summon, it’s very unlikely you’ll be able to “negotiate” your way out of it by pleading for leniency.
A Constantly Vigilant Eye on the Road
The URA plans to roll out a new kind of enforcement vehicle that comes with a specialized mounted video camera (a.k.a. a more sophisticated dashcam) that will identify vehicles that are parked illegally and determine the offence with the help of an AI system to analyse the video footage, and access to the licence plate recognition programme.
The kind of parking offences this AI system should be able to detect include parking along double yellow lines, parking against traffic flow, parking in lanes with a single continuous white line across a bi-directional road, and heavy vehicles parked in designated car parking spaces.
It can also work well in all kinds of weather conditions, as well as day and night.
Once a parking offence is identified, it will then issue the summon.
With this kind of technology, there’s no need to have multiple officers patrolling the street – the URA will just need one officer to drive the enforcement vehicle and to verify the summons issued.
Naturally, that one officer will be able to patrol a wider area as well.
Testing Out the System
Of course, as with any new technology, it’s best to test out the new system first.
This is why the URA is currently looking for contractors to conduct a 6-month trial in the second half of the year to study the feasibility of using video analytics on a moving vehicle to determine and classify various parking offences.
The deadline for submissions is on 11 May 2021, 4pm.
The trial, which will cover areas like Tanjong Pagar and Little India, includes about 15 roadside carparks.
It will be conducted during two time slots: between 8:30am and 6pm and between 7:30pm and 10:30pm, during a weekday.
Thankfully, enforcement doesn’t seem to be the main priority of the trial so if you do get caught by this new AI system, you might just be able to breathe a sigh of relief… for now.
Image: URA
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