Strange mobile camera

Sounds like road tax nabbing to me!

Yep.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition.

Checking cars for road tax. They were doing at Lakeside a few weeks ago. Richard

Almost certainly Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras.

They will flash up any untaxed vehicle, the plod will flag you down, and the rest of the yellow clad peeps will be the nice chaps from the DVLA, who will confiscate your car.

So SimonJ was, like

Good! Since I have paid road tax without fail for 28 years, it's nice to see that those who think it's an optional extra get their comeuppance once in a while.

BTW, does anyone know if the APNR cameras (and speed cameras etc, see other thread) can read the old black and silver plates?

ANPR Automatic number plate regognition - basically what it says. It is linked into the PNC & they have details of untaxed/stolen/unregistered/uninsured cars etc.

It's a good system, but flawed in many ways.

Nige

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And even, Hear Hear!

The modern digital cameras in use can read practically anything and are almost never fooled by the so-called camera defeating backgrounds and coatings you can buy. Gatso is also able to read the older silver on black plates.

Regards

Steve G

Richard Brookman wrote:

I read some time ago (on the BBC news website, I think) that as of January last year these systems were also capable of looking up the Vehicle Inspectorate records and checking MoT status.

I wonder how practical this is - does anybody know if garages are supposed to promptly send in details of MoT certs they have issued?

K (fully MoT'd, not looking for a blag ;-)

The MoT database isn't fully functioning yet, you can already renew your tax over the Internet unless your vehicle is over three years old in which case its down the PO as usual. AIUI, there is no need for tetsing stations to submit MoT certificates as they are recorded in electronic form and automatically submitted.

and over there too....

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

So SteveG

over the Internet unless your

there is no need for tetsing

and automatically submitted.

Test stations send in a register of all the certificates issued every month but AIUI this is just to check the issue of the certificate not whether the vehicles been mot'ed there is phoneline for checking the validity of certificates but I don't think it's good enough to be used by the police By the middle of this year* this will change as it's all going computerised and the certificate you get will be more of a receipt as the main information will then be stored on central computer

• if siemens get their act together

On or around Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:01:05 -0000, "Andy.Smalley" enlightened us thusly:

wonder if it's the Staines office?

Wasn't Siemens Staines a character in Captain Pugwash?

:-O

Steve G

Aust> On or around Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:01:05 -0000, "Andy.Smalley"

Together with his pals...

Master Bates, & Roger the cabin boy!!

On or around Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:35:56 GMT, "SteveG enlightened us thusly:

yeah, Seaman Staines. but apparently the Siemens company really does have an office in Staines.