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GATSOEXPERTS IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT

IRF Seminar ‘Road Safety, Sustainable Development & Fancing’Paris, April 17th, 2013

Philip J. Wijers Director Government AffairsGatso Traffic Enforcement

PRI World Congres

The Role of Local Govenments in Road Safety Improvements

Local Public Private Partnerships in Road Safety Enforcement

Holiday Inn, 21 – 22 May 2014Skopje, Macedonia


1. Background

2. Objectives

3. Essential preconditions

4. Enforcement as a PPP Service

5. Concept and Service Scope

6. Service Process

7. Challenges and Advantages

8. Recommendations

Index


Background


Background

o Development and mobility

o Rapid rise in road safety victims

o Limits to manual enforcement

o Different from manual enforcement

o Automated enforcement is not the sole solution

o Police focus on enforcement which cannot be automated


Why is speed important and why are we enforcing?

A 1% reduction in mean speeds leads to a 2% reduction in injury accidents, a 3% reduction in serious injury accidents and a 4% reduction in deaths.(Aarts, L. & van Schagen, I. (2006), based on Nilsson (1982))


Do you remember?

Ek =½mv²In which the kinetic energy of an object is equal to half the mass multiplied by the squared speed of that object.


Objectives

o Create an enforcement environment with a high subjective chance of apprehension

o Secure stable political and administrative support for road safety and enforcement

o Maintain a high level of public support for enforcement

o Avoid and counter any link with ‘revenue generation’ and ‘taxes’

o Actively communicate road safety benefits of enforcement


Essential preconditionso Suitable legal framework

o Vehicle, owner/driver administration

o License plate management, design

and quality

o Legal and data integrity

o Minimise court processing

o Suitable processing infrastructure

o Sufficient fine levels

o Early payment incentive, late payment penalty

o Publicity, trust and public support


o Privatisation of government services: tolling, health care, vehicle inspections, parking enforcement, garbage collection, etc.

o Elements of road safety enforcement also privatised, e.g. provision and management of traffic enforcement cameras, ticket processing, fine collection, etc.

o Company considerations may be mixed with road safety issues

o Private party enforcement is a touchy subject due to fines and profits

Enforcement as a PPP service


oWith little or no initial public sector investment a private

party provides a certain jurisdiction with enforcement related

services

oRequires national regulatory clearance and compliance

oTriangle PPP discussion with municipality and police

oPrivate-public cut can be made earlier or later in the

process

oDecide on number of camera’s and locations

oLonger term contract

oNon-payment and legal escalation

oPublicity, public trust, transparency and support

PPP Enforcement concept


Publicity


oInstallation and supply of cameras and back office

equipment

oConfirmation, certification, calibration and data security

oBack-office staffing

oFine collection, administration and transfer

oTransparency through internet access

oService and maintenance

oAccounting and reporting

oStaff background check and privacy compliance

oPublicity and public relations

Potential service scope


oMonitoring (traffic count, average speed, traffic flow, other

stats)

oDetection

oConfirmation (by police or authorised official)

oVehicle and owner address Identification

oMatching violation severity with fine

oProcessing of fine notification (letterhead municipality)

oFine-collection

oDelayed processing and court

oPublicity

Service process


oPolitical backlash

oLess control

oProfit and revenue may be mixed with road safety objectives

oPolitical cameras

oSensitivities police activity scope

oPublic acceptance

oRequires solid legal and administrative infrastructure

oFine levels

Potential challenges


oLower or no initial investmentoLower capital expenditure, reduced overhead and staffingoPredictable cost structureoTransfer of riskoBetter managed and higher efficiencyoSkilled operational staff with higher utilisationoBetter use of police and administrative resourcesoCompetition and flexibility to change operatoroEconomies of scaleoForces operational and financial transparency, reduces ‘fine leakage’oMore innovation due to latest technologies and applications

Advantages


oRoad safety and public interest should remain key benchmarkoRevenue can never be an objectiveoAvoid per ticket and percentage revenue, focus on per camera feesoConsider legal, administrative and operational aspects oUse independent parties for type approval and calibrationoAny revenue to be used for further road safety improvementsoMaintain control over other road safety enhancementsoReview road safety improvements and change cameras locationsoEnsure an open vendor contracting process, including public

participation and remain transparency throughout the contractoNo enforcement without publicity

Recommentations


Publish or Perish


Thank you for your interest and attention

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