Street Tally support

When does the first car show up?

About a minute after the first vehicle passes. Street Tally waits for Ring to finish the recording, then counts it. Nothing from before you connected can be counted: Ring only shares recordings made after you give consent.

Getting a good count

• Point a camera at the street, and make sure its motion zone in the Ring app covers the road.
• Turn on Smart Alerts for vehicles for that camera, so Street Tally hears about every vehicle Ring sees. With Smart Alerts off it works from all motion alerts and decides from the recording whether a vehicle went by.
• Keep motion recording on: Street Tally counts from Ring's recordings, which need a Ring subscription plan.
• Ring's own motion settings (sensitivity, frequency, schedules) decide how many vehicles trigger an alert. On a busy street some vehicles pass without one; every moving vehicle inside a recording is counted.

Naming the two directions

Under Your cameras, give each direction a name, such as "Toward Main St" and "Toward the school". Left and right are as the camera sees them.

What does "not read" mean?

Each camera gets a daily allowance of colour and style readings (150 a day). Past it, vehicles are still counted with their direction. The allowance resets at midnight UTC.

Can it read licence plates or tell me whose car it was?

No, by design. Street Tally never reads plates, never identifies people and keeps no pictures. It only counts traffic by time, direction, colour and body style.

Getting your data

Download CSV on your tally page gives every count Street Tally holds for you, for a spreadsheet or to share with your neighbourhood association.

Deleting your data

Use Delete all my data on your tally page, or remove Street Tally in the Ring app. Either erases everything immediately.

Contact

Email michaelbflynn@gmail.com. We reply within two business days.

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