ANPR - What are they looking for?
Discussion
Rob_the_Sparky said:
Or if someone just wants to know where you drive you car and when? Must say that in principle I have no problem with it but if the data is stored then Big Brother looms. Also I would assume that anyone with any brain at all would borrow some plates before doing anything dodgy...
Rob
Rob
I've just realised: I don't ever recall seeing rearward facing ANPR cameras (just like SPECS), has anyone else seen any?
Do the smart crims ride bikes?
smeggy said:
Rob_the_Sparky said:
Or if someone just wants to know where you drive you car and when? Must say that in principle I have no problem with it but if the data is stored then Big Brother looms. Also I would assume that anyone with any brain at all would borrow some plates before doing anything dodgy...
Rob
Rob
I've just realised: I don't ever recall seeing rearward facing ANPR cameras (just like SPECS), has anyone else seen any?
Do the smart crims ride bikes?
What about the ones fitted to patrol cars. They're forward facing.
ANPR cameras are paired, one for a video feed and the other to scan for licence plates. Round my way on single carriageways, they are all mounted on the same pole, which makes them distinctive. Very shortly you will not be able to use the main routes into/out of the city without passing the cameras. It's excellent stuff, so many good jobs result from it.
julianhj said:
ANPR cameras are paired, one for a video feed and the other to scan for licence plates. Round my way on single carriageways, they are all mounted on the same pole, which makes them distinctive. Very shortly you will not be able to use the main routes into/out of the city without passing the cameras. It's excellent stuff, so many good jobs result from it.
Yes these are paired. The round camera is a type I haven't seen before whilst the rectangular camera is the same as they use in the town centre to watch out for crime etc. Thanks.
Boosted.
eliminator said:
Quite happy to see ANPR myself. Am I missing something?
If you are happy for every journey you make from pt A to Pt B to be recorded for three years to be reviewed by just about anyone in this country and anyone in any other country then no you are not missing anything
wanty1974 said:
One ANPR trap catches more people in the Welsh Valleys for 'other' crimes than a whole force of plod doing their usual thing.
That's fine if it is manned and the police are on hand to aprehend people without tax/insurance/MOT. The passive surveillance of cameras on every road however is less effective. Sending a NIP to the registered address when that address is false won't stop the serious offenders.
Watching every road and recording every journey just doesn't make sense.
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