After months of relaxed enforcement due to the pandemic, the dreaded parking ticket is making a comeback in San Jose, but with modern technology that will be tough for violators.
SAN JOSE -- After months of relaxed enforcement due to the pandemic, the dreaded parking ticket is making a comeback in neighborhoods all over San Jose.
"We're returning to normal as far as time restricted parking but with a twist. We've had this time to modernize our program, make it more efficient with the use of some automatic license plate reader technology," said Colin Heyne of the San Jose Department of Transportation.As enforcement cars make their rounds, officers will get a ping if the cameras spot a car that the system recognizes as having been parked in the same time restricted spot for too long.
Alberto grew up in San Jose and today, his classic Monte Carlo was parked in a 30 minute zone as he enjoyed a meal at a downtown restaurant."You might lose track of time. If it's 30 or 40 minutes, you know? I could see if I'm parked here 3 or 4 hours maybe I deserve a ticket. But if I'm at 40 minutes, why give me a ticket? I'm trying to enjoy my dinner."
One of the other complaints has been over privacy, since the cameras are always recording the license plates and whereabouts of vehicles, even those not in violation of anything. "We understand people's privacy concerns. We are using this technology in as limited a way as we can and only so that it's valuable to us. We don't take a picture of your license plate and compare it to any other list," Heyne said.Besides time restricted zones, the technology will help spot cars illegally parked in neighborhoods that are only permitted for residents.
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