Bru wrote: >>> ANPR will sort out those. >> >> Yer wot? >> > Automatic Number Plate Recognition > > Camera gets a shot of a number plate, computer recognises the number (9 > times out of 10), number is checked against the PNC (oops, another TLA ... > damn, three letter acronym ... er, PNC = Police National Computer), and any > "hits" are alerted to the operator > > Hits include no tax, no insurance and no MOT. They also could be unpaid > parking tickets, an outstanding warrant against a known user of the vehicle > etc.
Wonderful system - I once took a phone call from the police because my car had been reported abandoned for a few days by a canal bridge in the middle of nowhere... had to explain that it wasn't abandoned but parked outside my home! A week or so later I was stopped on an ANPR check because my car was allegedly showing as stolen on the PNC. Took a good while for me to convince them that there was nothing to worry about. Steve NB Bream
