Camera scanning cars issue 500,000 unjustified parking fines per year, regulator says

More and more Dutch municipalities are using camera scanning cars to check parked cars, and then use an AI algorithm to determine whether they are parked illegally or without paying. These automatic scanners are able to check many more cars than an enforcement officer on foot, but also result in around 500,000 unjustified fines per year, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) calculated based on data from municipalities.

According to the AP, scanning cars scan approximately 250 to 375 million vehicles for municipalities per year, issuing 3 to 5 million parking fines annually. About 10 percent of the fines are imposed unjustly. People who object to their fines are successful in having them scrapped in 40 to 62 percent of cases per year.
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https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/09/camera-scanning-cars-issue-500000-unjustified-parking-fines-per-year-regulator-says

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