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By MassPrivateI

Forget all the exaggerated claims public officials told you about CCTV cameras and public safety. Move over Vision Zero proponents, because there is a new player in town.

License plate readers that can ID and fine vehicles for polluting the air will soon be coming to a city near you.

Siemens Mobility, the license plate reader company that made over €14.2 billion during the pandemic, has the audacity to try and convince the public that they are concerned about pollution in major cities.

It has taken Siemens only two years to combine license plate reading cameras with vehicle pollution sensors.

In 2019, a Siemens press release announced that they had been awarded a contract to design, supply and install a clean air zone (CAZ), ANPR camera monitoring and enforcement solution across the city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom (UK).

Siemens Mobility’s proven Sicore II automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras will be installed at carefully selected locations across the city. The cameras will identify and register every vehicle that enters the zone – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is anticipated that the system will capture details of around 200,000 vehicles per day, a small percentage of which are expected to be contraventions.

Siemens “Sicore II” marks the beginning of a new age of police surveillance.

A January 2021 Siemens press release announced that they had finished installing 67 Sicore II CCTV cameras at locations throughout the city of Birmingham and needed to test them.

Siemens Mobility has completed the installation of all 67 monitoring and enforcement cameras for Birmingham City Council’s new clean air zone. Installed at locations across the city centre, the Sicore II automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are at the heart of the scheme which is scheduled to go live on 1 June 2021.

Siemens admits their ANPR cameras are really about helping cities profit from their latest surveillance camera scheme.

Siemens Mobility’s ANPR cameras will identify and register every vehicle that enters the CAZ; 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is anticipated that the system will capture details of around 200,000 vehicles per day, a small percentage of which are expected to be contraventions (violations).

Siemens “Clean Air Zone” (CAZ) program is a for-profit scheme masquerading as a pollution fighting ANPR network.

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