Thames Valley ANPR
Discussion
From the Bucks Free Press:
"A MAJOR breakthrough in denying criminals the use of the roads has been launched by Thames Valley Police.
Forcewide, 19 police cars will carry Automatic Number-plate Recognition (ANPR). The technology uses on-board cameras to scan vehicle registration plates and check them against police, and DVLA databases to track stolen or unregistered vehicles within a fraction of a second.
ANPR has been used in some police vans for two years."
"A MAJOR breakthrough in denying criminals the use of the roads has been launched by Thames Valley Police.
Forcewide, 19 police cars will carry Automatic Number-plate Recognition (ANPR). The technology uses on-board cameras to scan vehicle registration plates and check them against police, and DVLA databases to track stolen or unregistered vehicles within a fraction of a second.
ANPR has been used in some police vans for two years."
Just like the Met Police then ... I think it was them who were showing it off on one of those Road Wars programmes recently. Clever stuff, Police car computer constantly searches for and reads reg plates, then flags up any it doesn't like. Copper then uses his discretion deciding whether the vehicle is worth a tug (I assume they use their discretion - a brand new car on new registration plate day would probably be flagged as not kosher, but most sensible people would know why).
We got pulled in our "new" Rangie a few days after buying it, because it was late at night and we were a long way from the registered address (which was that of the old owner). I was pissed as a fart. But then, I wasn't driving.
The copper lost interest almost immediately when we told him this and told him the name & location of the old owner.
The copper lost interest almost immediately when we told him this and told him the name & location of the old owner.
TheLemming said:
Out of curiousity, how can they flag unregistered cars via ANPR?
Surely every car somewhere is registered to someone, unless its just arrived on a dealership's forecourt?
Or am I having a brain-freeze moment and missing something obvious?
It could be registered under a SORN or as having been scrapped or stolen I assume or just a letter / number combo that has never been issued. Could also flag as belonging to 'ankle smasher Andrews' wanted for molesting budgies in three States I guess. I am sure BiB will be along to clarify...
zumbruk said:
We got pulled in our "new" Rangie a few days after buying it, because it was late at night and we were a long way from the registered address (which was that of the old owner). I was pissed as a fart. But then, I wasn't driving.
The copper lost interest almost immediately when we told him this and told him the name & location of the old owner.
are we not allowed to go where we like, when we like now then in Hitler, (B.Lair's) Britain?
henry
Rich...henry royce said:
are we not allowed to go where we like, when we like now then in Hitler, (B.Lair's) Britain?
henry
I got pulled over in Warwick for some similarly tenuous reason when I was a student, the copper said he'd stopped me because the car wasn't near its registered address, probably just a good excuse to stop me and check the car wasn't stolen or something .. I didn't take it personally
john_p said:
I got pulled over in Warwick for some similarly tenuous reason when I was a student, the copper said he'd stopped me because the car wasn't near its registered address, probably just a good excuse to stop me and check the car wasn't stolen or something .. I didn't take it personally
Sir,
You did right not to take it personally, presumably as the BiB hadn't met you in his life before.
Cars from out of the county are generally stopped, as often they are in the hands of fresh keepers, who haven't notified DVLA.
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