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HI-TECH CAMERA SCHEME TO CATCH VEHICLE TAX CHEATS GETS GO-AHEAD
Tax-cheating motorists will find few places to hide from a new, hi-tech scheme to tackle vehicle tax evasion that was given the green light by Chief Secretary Alan Milburn today.
The camera systems, known as Automatic Number Plate Readers (or ANPRs), are computers which gather pictures of moving vehicles from a video camera. Special software locates the number plate in each picture, and then reads the registration mark. Where the registration mark matches a computer 'hit list' of unlicensed vehicles, the picture is stored for later use in prosecuting offenders.
ANPR systems are extremely versatile, and can be set up to operate on any type of road in a matter of minutes. Number plates can be read in daylight or in darkness, as well as in poor weather. Plates can also be read at while vehicles move at speed.
The investment comes from the Government's 2.5 billion Pounds Capital Modernisation Fund, designed to encourage high quality capital projects intended to improve public services.

Phil Harrison

.....and that's just the beginning......

Phil

Mice_Elf

These are already operating in Worcestershire...

Huxley

Just wait till the ba$tards start to use if for speeding etc i'm sure it will happen "KHChing Cash machine's" all pover the place and they dont have to add more as they are already there[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]


This is what we needGatso and camera war

Huxley

MoSizlak

Was'nt there a law passed that stated that all speed traps had to be visible from 60 metres and could only be used at accident blackspots? Also that the police could'nt use unmarked vans anymore. Or was it just a dream?

boomer

That's two and a half billion well spend - NOT!!

It is an excuse to introduce big brother, plain and simple [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

See also http://www.abd.org.uk/pr/305.htm

mb

Huxley

yea you try telling Thames Valley police that they went on the news say that they reserve the right to keep all cameras in the same location as they are now[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] even as a lot of them are hidden and not in accident black spots[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] the road that we live down is about 2 miles long and it has 4 cameras "2 each way" and they have 2 places marked out for portable cash machines as well so i guess that our road has a very high accident and death rate NOT[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] theiving robbin ba$tards

This is what we needGatso and camera war


Huxley

BuRR

I think its a great idea.

I pay my road tax - so should everyone else.