A CCTV image of a dozy driver crashing into a car park wall in Worcester has sparked a lively online debate about the worth of cameras and how they are operated.
We reported last week how Worcester City Council CCTV captured the moment a wayward motorist pulled into the cattle market car park using the Croft Road entrance and went straight into the wall next to a disabled bay just after 9am on Thursday, May 19.
The driver then reversed the car out of the smashed wall and drove back out of the car park.
It is not known which way they went along Croft Road.
The cost of the damage – which is covered by insurance – has been put at about £1,000, but the taxpayer will still end up forking out in man hours.
Commenting on the story at worcesternews.co.uk jam-eseden, of Worcester, said: “Is the CCTV not good enough to identify the vehicle’s registration? If not, what is the point in it being there?”
scott_hannaford replied: “Most CCTV cameras are required to be clear enough to recognise a person's face and to show CCTV operatives where there are traffic problems or fights breaking out. For all of our cameras to have the quality to make a number plate out clearly would cost a fortune... and then people would complain about the cost of that.”
Vox populi, of Worcester, posted: “One call from the police to the DVLA should get the registrations for all vehicles that match that description within say… a 15-mile radius.
Follow it up with a quick check around local garages for any numberplates that are matching and in for repair.”
BlogIT, of Worcester, said: “The camera is one of the best in the country but it is only at its best when being monitored and operated. This means that an operator has to zoom in/out or pan left/right to get the best out of it. The registration number was probably not captured because the camera was on its roaming pattern when the incident took place.”
Debi23 added: “With all this so called ‘technology’ nowadays CCTV can spot a person’s face but not a car’s number plate. How clever it that?”
The council is asking for anyone with information to contact them on 01905 722233
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