PEO issues tickets for parking violations in traffic control agencies. Term "meter maid" still used for female PEOs in US. Traffic warden in British English, parking inspector in Australia/New Zealand
ANPR uses optical character recognition to read vehicle registration plates. Invented in Britain in 1976, first used for stolen car detection in 1981. Became widely used in 1990s with cheaper software development
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Term originally referred to ship mooring posts, first documented in 1844. Wooden posts used for traffic management since early 18th century. Early documented case: oak posts at Waltham Cross in 1721
Road transport began with horses and oxen carrying goods over dirt tracks. Romans built solid roads using crushed stone for drainage. Islamic Caliphate developed tar-paved roads in Baghdad
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