A Welsh council has made more than £115,000 in fines in the two years since it started using a mobile ‘robowarden’ which drives around recording people’s illegal parking.
In February 2019, Carmarthenshire Council introduced a new way of catching out people who park in forbidden areas across the county’s towns. This happens thanks to a white Toyota Auris – named Iolo Patrolo by local schoolchildren – which is driven around by a civil enforcement officer.
The vehicle has two cameras on its roof – one pointing left and one pointing right – which records evidence against people who park in certain areas such as designated pedestrian zones, bus stops, taxi areas and pedestrian crossings. That evidence is then reviewed by council officers and, if a parking offence is confirmed, a fine of up to £70 is sent to the offender after information is obtained from the DVLA.
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You can read more about how the system works here.
The system, including the car, the cameras and the accompanying software, cost the…
