Knitted jumper given bus lane fine

[Stratman]

Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate

A couple were sent a fine for driving in a bus lane when a camera mistook a word on a woman's clothing for their number plate.
Dave and Paula Knight, from Surrey, received the fine for driving in a bus lane in Bath despite not being in the city at the time.
A camera had registered the word 'knitter' on a pedestrian's clothing as Mr Knight's number plate KN19 TER.
"We thought one of our friends was stitching us up," said Mrs Knight.
Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) confirmed the fine had been cancelled.

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[AMGeed]

I watched this piece on the BBC news earlier and you couldn't make this up
It shows the photos haven't been checked before sending out the fixed penalty notice.
The guy and his wife took it well to be fair.

 

[Petrol Pete]

I don't think a human checks the photos , all fully automated through ANPR.

 

[Gazwould]

All very understandable , the camera saw a pair of headlights and a number plate in a Bus lane .

 

[grober]

del

 

[grober]

SOFTWARE needs a "little work"

 

[whitenemesis]

I think the airbags have gone off...

 

[Wolfie1]

Lapse of Gdpr at its finest

 

[SpikyMikey]

Best line in that report?

"We thought one of our friends was stitching us up,"

 

[st13phil]

While there's an amusing angle to this story, most seem to have missed this bit:

Mrs Knight said when she contacted the council, they initially told her the fine would need to be paid but when the staff member looked at the image she "burst out laughing".

This goes to the heart of the problem that "officialdom" takes the view that automated enforcement devices are infallible, and it's up to the accused to prove their innocence rather than the enforcement agency being under an obligation to prove that the accusation is founded on fact.

 

[Petrol Pete]

Talk about being 'stitched up' . imagine you wanted to have s 'laff' , or simply wanted to pi$$ someone off . If you were of a mind to (and had nothing better to do) you could bodge up a number plate of one of their vehicles and ride around in bus lanes all day on a bicycle in a big city near you ....hours of endless fun !

 

[st13phil]

Talk about being 'stitched up' . imagine you wanted to have s 'laff' , or simply wanted to pi$$ someone off . If you were of a mind to (and had nothing better to do) you could bodge up a number plate of one of their vehicles and ride around in bus lanes all day on a bicycle in a big city near you ....hours of endless fun !

ISTR that there was a case involving a particularly litigious and obstinate private parking company where a mischievous individual tied a number plate to a shopping trolley which they then pushed through camera monitored entry and exit zones, leaving a suitable time lapse between the "entry" and "exit" so as to receive a "parking penalty charge".

The parking company were so certain they had a right to enforce that after refusing the initial appeal, they initiated court proceedings. It was only when they were provided a contemporaneous (and witnessed) video recording of the shopping trolley being pushed through their cameras that they finally folded.

 

[Dryce]

ISTR that there was a case involving a particularly litigious and obstinate private parking company where a mischievous individual tied a number plate to a shopping trolley which they then pushed through camera monitored entry and exit zones, leaving a suitable time lapse between the "entry" and "exit" so as to receive a "parking penalty charge".

Variation on a theme.

How An Artist Used Smartphones To Fake A Traffic Jam On Google Maps

Call it bizarre but German artist Simon Weckert has posted a video on YouTube showing how he "hacked" Google Maps with 99 smartphones and a wagon to create "virtual traffic jams" on the streets of Berlin.

www.ndtv.com

 

[Deleted member 159894]

While there's an amusing angle to this story, most seem to have missed this bit:

This goes to the heart of the problem that "officialdom" takes the view that automated enforcement devices are infallible, and it's up to the accused to prove their innocence rather than the enforcement agency being under an obligation to prove that the accusation is founded on fact.

The thing is though they will be correct nearly all the time, the automation will record accurately against the human version of events.

 

[st13phil]

The thing is though they will be correct nearly all the time

True enough, but the "nearly" is an important caveat that shouldn't get lost.

 

[Nicebutdim]

Seems like a bit of a yarn.