Traffic violation processing system

A traffic violation processing method, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring a vehicle;
• determining whether the vehicle is in violation of a traffic regulation;
• recording a first digital traffic image comprising the image of the vehicle and data corresponding to the traffic violation;
• comprising the first digital traffic image to reduce the resolution of the first digital traffic image and provide a low resolution traffic image;
• storing the low resolution traffic image in a storage media;
• providing a second digital traffic image which is a separate sub-image of the first digital traffic image, having an area smaller than the area of the first digital traffic image and including the license plate having alphanumeric traffic data;
• providing a third digital traffic image, which is a separate sub-image of the second digital traffic image, having an area smaller than the area of the second digital traffic image and including the license plate having alphanumeric traffic data;
• reading the alphanumeric traffic data from the second or third digital traffic image;
• storing the alphanumeric traffic data in the storage media in the form of an ASCII text string;
• comparing the stored alphanumeric traffic data from the second digital traffic image with registered vehicle owner information stored in a database to identify the registered owner of the vehicle;
• and
• generating a comprehensive traffic violation document that integrates the first digital traffic image, the name of the registered owner and the alphanumeric traffic data so that the document can be issued to the owner of the vehicle.