video-verbalization extended to all traffic offenses
The decision was made during the City Council Friday 22 last october. Toulouse city hall adopted theextension of video ticketing to all traffic offenses. Until then, this initiative was imitated at the perimeter of the city center and only at the parking lot. From now on, this device should be extended from beginning of January 2022. The objective: to fight against “urban rodeos” and the dangerous behavior of motorists.
From parking to traffic
On October 27, 2016, the City Council adopted the principle of video-verbalize through video protection cameras of the city, within the ring of the boulevards. This device aimed at combating genant parking. Since then, video protection operators, sworn technical agents, issue “on average 11,000 vehicles in this perimeter every ordinary year “, testifies the town hall.
From now on, the video-verbalization will be extended to the entire urban network covered by 454 video surveillance cameras. Ascent in the wrong direction, driving in a bus lane, red light not observed … This device will be used to issue a ticket new categories of traffic offenses, in addition to those related to parking.
Against urban rodeos, bad behavior …
This new strategy will make it possible in particular to participate in the fight against certain road problems such as urban rodeos, wild “runs”, the outbursts of festive processions or bad behavior two-wheeled professionals. Observation operations are carried out at the Toulouse Urban Surveillance Center.
“The renewal of the prefectural perimeter decrees whose period of validity ends in November 2021, will allow the deployment of this new video verbalization device for parking and traffic violations”, concluded the Toulouse town hall on the sidelines of the municipal council . It is announced in January 2022.