Bristol International Airport’s (BIA) Silver Zone car park was opened in May 2006 incorporating the latest ANPR vehicle registration recording and entry systems, reducing waiting times on arrival and departure to the minimum.

With over 1000 customers per day BIA also had their sights on a system which would provide effective and timely auditing of pre-existing damage to vehicles entering the silver zone.

As part of the project BIA installed a purpose designed vehicle auditing unit at the entrance to the car park. Hi-Lighter was adopted as the image recording solution for its superior image quality compared with standard video recording systems.

A six camera system was installed with remote VPN link back to Verdant’s offices for active internet based support and software maintenance. The system is also linked to the ANPR cameras to provide logging of vehicle registration details enabling easy search and find of vehicles by the companies staff.

A further novel feature of the system is the ability allow airport vehicles immediate clearance by opening the barrier on detection of specified number plates.

Vehicle drive through unit.

Click on Image Gallery to see Hi-Lighter in action.