Vienna Plant: Highly technological scan cars should check park violations

Vienna Plant: Highly technological scan cars should check park violations

In a pioneering development, the city of Vienna plans to use so-called “scan-cars” to monitor park violations from the end of 2026. These state -of -the -art vehicles, equipped with optical license plate detection, could make the tasks of around 700 parking space monitoring organs, the so -called parking thermiffs, much easier. The assessment process for a corresponding change in the law has already started, which is the first step for this innovative project.

The "Scan-Cars", known from cities such as Paris and London, have the ability to scan license plates from parked vehicles. These technologies can process up to 1,000 license plates per hour. The system used is called "Optical Character Recognition" (OCR), which means that the license plates are converted into a machine -readable format. This information is then compared with an existing database to determine whether the well -dusted vehicles are properly parked.

functionality and data protection

The data of the vehicles are not saved in the long term, which should ensure compliance with data protection regulations. An important detail: Despite the automated recording, each violation determined is checked by a parking tray before punishment is punished. This should not only promote fairness when using the parking spaces in the city, but also act preventively on false parkers.

one of the responsible Patrick Futterknecht from MA 67, made it clear that the “Scan-Cars” vehicles must be parked accordingly in the event of violations found. There is the possibility that the conditions in certain places, where there is not enough space, could lead to challenges. This problem will certainly be taken into account in the further planning phase.

The Vienna project follows the successful implementation of similar systems in other European cities. However, experts have expressed concerns whether the ambitious goals can actually be put into practice, especially with regard to the necessary legal basics and the data protection -friendly processing of data. Despite these uncertainties, experiences from cities such as Amsterdam and Brussels show that the use of such vehicles can bring significant success in reducing false parks.

The draft for changing the Vienna Park cometer Act is currently available on the website of the City of Vienna. Citizens are invited to submit their statements, while the document in the district offices for public inspection are available.

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