RBWM is consulting on which sites initially to deploy Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras throughout the Royal Borough, in order to issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for moving traffic violations. However, we do not want to live under the authoritarian regime of ANPRs and FPNs that RBWM plans to create. We object to the principle of "Big Brother" surveillance technology being deployed to penalise residents for driving in our home towns.
FPNs issued by Metropolitan Authorities for enforcement of vexatious traffic restrictions such as “Bus Gates” and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are a plague on both local residents and visitors to cities across Britain. We do not want this punitive technology to be introduced to our communities in the Royal Borough.
Like the earlier rollout of Residents' Parking Permits across RBWM, this is a revenue-generating proposal to monetise motorists. Use of ANPR cameras to issue FPNs will not improve the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, at any of the proposed sites. We object to the Council’s stated intention to move the ANPR cameras to other sites within the Royal Borough if they fail to generate sufficient revenue in their initial locations.

Started by: Peter Archibald

This ePetition ran from 18/11/2022 to 22/12/2022 and has now finished.

64 people signed this ePetition.