CAM-12

Vehicle parked on the pavement

A car has driven up onto the pavement and stopped right in front of the building entrance. Pedestrians have to step around it along the kerb to get past.

CAM-12 · CONFIDENCE 91% · PEDESTRIAN ZONE

What IRIS understands

What it recognises in this scene

vehicle on pavement
blocked pedestrian
pedestrians
pedestrian
vehicle
bollard

The rule

You decide once. IRIS applies it always.

a vehicle stops inside the pedestrian area

Duringmore than 2 minutes

And alsoit blocks the pedestrian route

Then

alert the council enforcement team
attach the photo and the number plate
count how often it happens at this spot

The instruction that set it up«Tell me if a vehicle parks on the pavement, and how long it has been there.»

What changes

What changes for whoever runs the city

The neighbourhood officer drives down that street twice a day. The car mounts the pavement, sits there twenty minutes and leaves, usually before anyone in uniform goes past: the woman with the shopping trolley steps into the road to get round it and calls nobody. With IRIS that officer gets the alert with the photo, the plate and how long it has been there, and decides whether it is worth stopping by. A few months on, the mobility engineer can see which doorways it happens at: that is the difference between putting a bollard where it is needed and putting it where it is not.

What people usually ask

Can IRIS tell a car parked on the pavement from one that just stops for a moment?

Yes, IRIS tells a car parked on the pavement from one that only stops for a moment, because the rule includes a minimum time: a vehicle that stops for ten seconds to drop someone off raises no alert. It only does so if it is still inside the pedestrian area after the time you set, two minutes for example. The council chooses that time and can change it street by street.

Does IRIS tell a delivery van from a private car?

Yes, IRIS tells a delivery van from a car — and from a truck — and can apply a different time limit to each type. What it cannot do on its own is know whether that van holds a loading permit: that comes from cross-checking against the council's own register, where one exists and the council allows it. Without that cross-check, the rule rests on type, zone and time.

Is an IRIS detection enough to issue a fine?

IRIS does not issue the fine, but it is enough to know it is happening and to send someone to check. Issuing a fine is an administrative act with its own requirements: who may write it up, and on what evidence, is set by local law, not by us. IRIS supplies the detection, the time and the video of the moment; the case file is opened by whoever has the authority to open it.

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