Electronic Monitoring of Parking by Councils - Where Are The Sensors?

Kassa on 26/03/2025 - 08:44
Last edited 26/03/2025 - 10:28 by 1 other user

Whitehorse council recently installed signs saying "Electronic monitoring of parking in this area"

But where are these sensors? I can see a metal number being put on the pedestrian path, have they hidden sensors on the street?

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  MS Paint on 26/03/2025 - 08:58

  +7

  In-ground Parking Sensors

  Many parking bays across the Whitehorse municipality are monitored by in-ground parking sensors.

  In-ground parking sensors detect and record when a vehicle stops in a parking bay and when it leaves the bay. It does this even if the engine is still running.

  Once a vehicle has overstayed the maximum permitted time limit in a parking bay, a signal is sent from the parking bay sensor to the nearest patrolling Parking Services Officer. The Officer will issue a parking fine if the vehicle has exceeded the allowed parking time.

  sauce

  You are going to have your mind blown when you discover Google.

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    Kassa on 26/03/2025 - 09:43

    -3

    Thank you!!!, i want to find out a way to bypass these sensors…

    btw what is google?

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      localhost on 26/03/2025 - 10:19

      +3

      Smaller version of OzB…

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      Porker on 26/03/2025 - 10:41

      You're not going to be able to bypass this unless you tamper with the detector unit. Even then, the unit is buried underground.

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      JIMB0 on 26/03/2025 - 11:04

      +1

      Drive a car that doesn't change the inductance of the loop. As plastic cars don't exist perhaps you could try a jacked up 4wd.

      Failing that make up your own number plates and call yourself a sovereign citizen.

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  tenpercent on 26/03/2025 - 08:59

  They may have wire loops in the road.

  Edit: What MS Paint said ^^

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    FoxJump on 26/03/2025 - 09:28

    +1

    waiting for the Temu magnetic field generator that bypasses this

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      Kassa on 26/03/2025 - 09:40

      YES!!!!

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  DashCam AKA Rolts on 26/03/2025 - 09:30

  In car parks in Adelaide, where they are used, you can see the sensor set in the middle of each bay. You might not notice if you're just parking, but are obvious in the spare spaces as you walk past.

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  GreenWave on 26/03/2025 - 09:53

  +1

  If it is just wire/inductive loops, then, each vehicle is not uniquely identified, right? So, if I exit and re-enter the same parking bay, would the timer reset?

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    Porker on 26/03/2025 - 10:48

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    Yes it will reset. The detector needs an X seconds vacant time.

    While you'll overcome the detection, you may still encounter issue with road rule compliance and (depending on State) needing to leave the restricted area before returning. Eg. If a Council officer sees what you're doing, then you may still receive an infringement despite their device not showing 'overstay'.

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  Shadowsfury on 26/03/2025 - 13:18

  Monash council has had them in Glennie and Oakleigh for years

  I believe its this circular depression/hole I see in the middle of each lot, if I had to guess, circa 5cm diameter.

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  brad1-8tsi on 26/03/2025 - 16:21

  You need a jack hammer to dig out the wires.

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  c64 on 26/03/2025 - 18:30

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  i wonder, if you left some scrap metal in the parking spot, would a ranger rush around to give it a ticket