The police issued 3.3 million pieces of "beef jerky" last year, and the warehouse received 1 billion yuan, but they have not yet been able to combat the problem of traffic jams caused by illegal parking.
The Transport Department has previously announced plans to pilot the introduction of an automatic traffic enforcement system in Central and Kwun Tong districts. By installing cameras and related equipment on lamp posts, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), video analysis and automatic license plate recognition technology, traffic enforcement will be avoided. Vehicles parked or illegally loading and unloading passengers and goods have their license plates copied.
The authorities will start a trial for about half a year in the areas of Queen's Road Central near Pedder Street and Snow House Street, and two sections of Hoi Yuen Road near the Kwun Tong Road roundabout.
During the test period, the snippets and data collected by the system will be used for the system to learn, test and evaluate the effectiveness.
The Transport Department stressed that it will review the effectiveness of the system with the police in due course, and explore the way forward for automatic traffic enforcement.
According to the Transport Department, the area around Queen's Road Central near Pedder Street and Snow House Street, as well as two sections of road at Hoi Yuen Road near the Kwun Tong Road roundabout.
In the past, police officers have been continuously arranged to patrol, enforce the law and divert traffic, but the traffic violations and traffic jams in the two districts involved often recur shortly after the police officers left.
The Hong Kong government hopes to use technologies such as perception and artificial intelligence to test the introduction of automatic traffic enforcement in relevant areas, so as to strengthen the deterrence of illegal drivers and reduce traffic jams.
The department pointed out that CCTV cameras and related equipment for monitoring traffic conditions have been installed on lamp posts on the test sections. The system will use technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), video analysis and automatic license plate recognition to analyze vehicle dynamics in real time. Identify whether vehicles have traffic violations, and record the license plates of vehicles involved in illegal parking or illegal loading and unloading of passengers and goods.
．Three sections with AI copying equipment installed:
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Queen's Road Central near Pedder Street
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Queen's Road Central near Snow Factory Street
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Hoi Yuen Road near Kwun Tong Road roundabout (installation works completed in October)
The location of the CCTV camera proposed to be installed on the lamppost at Queen's Road Central.
(Screenshot of District Council documents)
Earlier, the Transport Department submitted documents to the two District Councils respectively to introduce the plans for piloting an automatic traffic enforcement system in Central and Kwun Tong.
During the test period, the Transport Department will set up banners and notices on the relevant road sections to remind drivers that the system is being tested on the road sections.
The Transport Department reminds drivers to abide by traffic regulations and not to park or pick up or unload goods on roads with restricted parking areas.
The traffic jam problem in Kwun Tong is serious. The Transport Department plans to test the automatic traffic enforcement system at Hoi Yuen Road near the Kwun Tong Road roundabout.
(File photo/Photo by Jiang Zhiqian)
According to an earlier submission by the Transport Department to the District Council, the automated traffic enforcement system will comply with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
The camera lens will be adjusted to cover the relevant road surface, the system can only recognize the license plate, and there is no face recognition function.
If the system does not detect any violations, the video clips will be deleted in the on-site server immediately, and only the video clips with recorded violations will be output.
A map of the location where the automatic traffic enforcement system will be installed.
(District Council documents)
The Transport Department emphasizes that at present, there are various traffic management measures in the area of Queen's Road Central from Snow House Street to Pedder Street in Central, including the all-day "No Parking" restricted area on the double yellow line, the yellow checkered intersection, etc., but there are still vehicles. Frequent illegal parking, causing traffic bottlenecks in Queen's Road, causing traffic jams.
As for Hoi Yuen Road near the Kwun Tong Road roundabout, there are also vehicles parked in the double-yellow restricted area from time to time, causing traffic jams on Hoi Yuen Road and even affecting traffic at the roundabout, Hip Wo Road and Kwun Tong Road.
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