In this article we will go over how to manage the parking violation module and the various violation types, sanctions and rules as well as a violation group. We will also look at what parking looks like to an m-Post user and provide some practical examples.
- How to Add a Parking Violation Group
- How to Add Parking Violation Types
- How to Add Parking Violation Sanctions
- How to Add Parking Violation Rules
- Viewing Parking on m-Post
How to Add a Parking Violation Group
To create or manage a parking violation group:
1. Log onto the Guardtek module as a Supervisor
2. Click on the green plus icon to access the secondary modules
3. Hover over the Vehicles module and click Parking Violation.
4. In the Settings tab click on Violation type groups (1)
5. Click on the green Add group button at the right hand side of the page.
6. Type in a group name in the Name field. It is recommended you keep this simple, such as "Violations"
7. In the Combinable field type in a time frame in days that you want officers to be able to check for violations by license plate number. Depending on the parking rules this is typically 30, 90 or 180 days
8. Once a violation type group has been named and combinable days have been added, click the green disk icon in the Actions column to save the violation type group.
Each group serves as a base for counting violations that are accumulated over a period. Users can then gradually implement sanctions based on the number of times a group's violations occur.
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Infractions avec sanction = Infractions with sanction = Violation type group = 365 days
Parking Violation Types
To add a parking violation type:
1. Log onto the Guardtek module as a Supervisor
2. Click on the green plus icon to access the secondary modules
3. Hover over the Vehicles module and click Parking Violation.
4. In the Settings tab click on Violation types (2)
5. Click on the green Add type button at the right hand side of the page.
6. Click on the Category field and type in a category type. These will place violations into a type of violation and you will want to create multiple categories.
For example, you might create categories such as speeding, double parked, parked in fire lane, no permit, etc.
7. Click on the Name field and specify the violation within the category.
For example, if you created a "Speeding" category the name might be "5 miles over" and then you could create another violation type and name it "10 Miles over" to make the violation very specific.
8. In the Group drop-down click on the group you already created. See How to Add a Parking Violation Group
9. Once a violation type has been categorized, named and grouped, click the green disk icon in the Actions column to save the violation type.
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Violation types:
- Délit (= offense) => Sticker déplacé ou retiré (= moved or removed sticker)
- Emplacement (= location) => Emplacement interdit (= location forbidden)
How to Add Parking Violation Sanctions
To create a parking violation sanction:
1. Log onto the Guardtek module as a Supervisor
2. Click on the green plus icon to access the secondary modules
3. Hover over the Vehicles module and click Parking Violation.
4. In the Settings tab click on Violation Sanctions (3)
5. Click on the green Add sanction button at the right hand side of the page.
6. In the Name field type in the desired sanction action.
For example, "Warning sticker" or "Tow after 24 hours", etc.
7. In the Exclusion field type in to match the combinable number as entered in the Parking violation group.
Depending on the parking rules this is typically 30, 90 or 180 days.
8. In the Wheel Clamp and Send Email N+1 columns select the No toggle and click the green disk save icon to save the violation sanction.
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Violation sanctions:
- Avertir le superviseur, exclure le véhicule (= notify the supervisor, exclude the vehicle) => Exclusion ? 15 days
- Coller un sticker Qr-Code (= put a Qr-Code sticker) => Exclusion ? No
How to Add Parking Violation Rules
To create a parking violation rule:
1. Log onto the Guardtek module as a Supervisor
2. Click on the green plus icon to access the secondary modules
3. Hover over the Vehicles module and click Parking Violation.
4. In the Settings tab click on Violation Rules (4)
5. Click on the green Add Rule button at the right hand side of the page.
6. In the Type drop-down select a violation.
In the Min Occurrence field type in the minimum times a violation is to be noted before a sanction is triggered.
In the Max Occurrence field type in the maximum number of times a volition is to be noted and still trigger the same sanction.
In the Sanction drop down select from the sanctions already created.
In the Event drop-down select an activity template for the m-Post user to fill out when filling the sanction.
7. Once completed click the green disk save icon to save the violation rule.
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An example:
The first and second time that a vehicle is incorrectly parked (= emplacement interdit) => sanction = "Put a Qr-Code sticker ". The agent will also have to write the event report C07-DIVERS / Test.
From the 3rd time and until the end of the year, sanction = "Notify the supervisor, exclude the vehicle" (and write the same report)
Here the penalty implies a 15-day exclusion*, which will be reflected in the "Vehicles" tab, which will display the date until when the vehicle is excluded.
Finally, from the first time the sticker is taken off, the exclusion penalty is applied.
Because these infractions above are in the same violation group (infractions avec sanctions), they all impact and increase the violation counter of this group.
See screenshots below, to summarize:
- I park incorrectly = ‘’emplacement interdit’’, sanction = I receive a sticker = ‘’Coller un sticker QrCode’’
- I take off the sticker = ‘’Sticker déplacé ou retiré’’, sanction = I am excluded = ‘’avertir le superviseur, exclure le véhicule’’
15 days later (exclusion time), again I park incorrectly: I am excluded because I have 3 violations of the same group. After 365 days, counter goes back to 0 and I can park incorrectly again (2 times without being excluded).
These rules allow m-Post to self-calculate the sanction to be taken, relieving agents of learning from all combinations. They just have to learn what to do for each sanction and follow what m-Post tells them.
Once the configuration is completed, the vehicles tab displays all vehicles that have had at least one reported violation in m-Post.
The violation tab displays the complete list of reported violations.
Viewing Parking on m-Post
On m-Post, the menu entry appears on the left-hand menu as soon as there are violation rules configured on the site.
See below screenshots for the search by license plate. M-Post simply displays the list of known violations, if the vehicle has already had violations:
If users search by Qr-Code scan (or by approaching a NFC tag to their phone) in the first screen above, m-Post displays the same information, but in addition displays a star in front of the related violation to this Qr-Code or NFC tag:
In the event report will be displayed the checkpoint that was scanned to create this report:
By clicking on the link / name of the tour checkpoint, it will open the tour that is related to this checkpoint.
When the event report is written and linked to an equipment, this is displayed like that:
To write an event report and associate it with an equipment:
From the main screen, go to the reports, select the report to write – users will get to this page:
By pressing the blue icon, users will find the list of equipment. In this list, they can either scroll through the list and select an item or click on the "QR-Code" button to scan the equipment tag. The selected equipment is then displayed in the start report screen. Users can finally start writing the event report as they usually do.
To attach an event report to a tour tag.
- As usual, users create their tour checkpoints from m-Post by scanning barcodes
- Then in Post, for each tour tag users have to associate it to an event form
- Start the tour in m-Post
- Scan tags
- For each tag linked to an event report, m-Post will start writing the selected report
- And users will automatically have the report in the logbook with the associated tag
To deal with parking infractions and reattach a Qr-Code:
- Go to the left menu and select "Parking"
- Fill in the license plate number
- Declare the violation
- Associate a Qr-Code (or an NFC tag)
To search for the vehicle attached to a Qr-Code:
- In the main parking management page (the first above), press the "Qr-Code" button to scan (also works by approaching an NFC tag to the phone)
- If the tag is known it will show the next page
- Here we display the license plate attached to the QrCode and below there will be the details of the corresponding violation.
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