BP Portugal is to be installed in its service stations automatic recognition system enrollment to stop leaks without pay, challenging other businesses to adopt the same technology.
Implemented since late 2014 in six service stations of Lisbon, the technology has been validated and will be installed in all of the oil network in Portugal, starting with the large urban centers, where the higher the number of drivers who supply without paying.
Speaking to Lusa, the Director of Marketing and External Communication BP Portugal, Anabela Silva, said that “the technology has worked well”, allowing “identify infractions automatically that previously could not be detected “
When a car park to supply the technology checks if there is any irregularity with one registration and sends a signal to the cashier:. green if there are no violations and a” STOP “if registration is already registered in the system before the vehicle has been stocked without the driver had been paying.
At this point, the employee puts the pump down payment and asks the client to address the cash payment.
Abel Pina, director of operational programs of the retail network of BP Portugal, explains that “from the moment the license is registered, can not re-supply without pay before”, stating that “the number of leaks will be reduced to a maximum of 1% of attempts.”
The head of BP also points out that the implementation of the system will fail to have the bombs in prepayment and thus improve service Customer: “The posts in prepayment difficult and take much longer in time of each transaction” and the new system “allows substantially reduce the time and provide the customer a simpler experience”
At the same. time, admits, the disclosure of system existence should have a deterrent effect, with the result that the number of escape attempts fall sharply.
Anabela Silva points out that the technology “has so much more optimization higher the number of companies sharing. The higher the share, the higher the efficiency, “noting that” the last four years, the number of customers that provides us the company posts and leaves without pay increased by 80%. “
The National Association of Fuel dealers (ANAREC) estimated that nationwide 750 customers daily run away from petrol stations without paying the fuel that fueled their vehicles, causing a monthly loss of around “225,000 euros”.
The technology for the recognition of number plates, developed by the Applied Research Group in Technology and Information Systems of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), received the green light from the National Data Protection Authority.
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