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London Borough to enforce moving traffic contraventions

The London Borough of Bexley is installing automated enforcement systems to capture moving traffic contravention at several key locations. The contract for the Videalert fixed/redeployable cameras has been awarded to OpenView Security Solutions and will supplement the council’s existing fleet of CCTV cars and enable enforcement to be extended to improve driver compliance. The Videalert CCTV enforcement system combines automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) with video analytics to automatically cap
August 2, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The London Borough of Bexley is installing automated enforcement systems to capture moving traffic contravention at several key locations.  The contract for the 7513 Videalert fixed/redeployable cameras has been awarded to OpenView Security Solutions and will supplement the council’s existing fleet of CCTV cars and enable enforcement to be extended to improve driver compliance.  
 
The Videalert CCTV enforcement system combines automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) with video analytics to automatically capture only the number plates of vehicles that actually commit offences.   It will also be used to enforce weight restriction contraventions applying to HGVs on designated roads.

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