ANPR on A40, Wycombe?
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The same unmarked blue LDV van that was parked on the A404 last week is today on the A40 London Road, Wycombe, outside the Rifle Butts pub. Also in attendance are three Police bikes, a marked Panda Car in a lay-by 100 yards up the road and a marked riot squad type van another 100 yards further along, hidden up a side street with a mob of up to 10 officers milling around it.
I'm assuming it must be ANPR, rather than a scamera van, because most of the traffic is practically at standstill for the vast proportion of the time. The numbers in attendance seem a bit excessive though - even if it is on the approach to Micklefield, the drugs and violence capital of Buckinghamshire!
I'm assuming it must be ANPR, rather than a scamera van, because most of the traffic is practically at standstill for the vast proportion of the time. The numbers in attendance seem a bit excessive though - even if it is on the approach to Micklefield, the drugs and violence capital of Buckinghamshire!
ANPR = Automatic Number Plate Reader (or Recognition)
Basically the police will use an ANPR camera to read the number plate of a car and cross-reference it with the DVLA database to see if it is has a valid road tax or not. No road tax usually means no insurance either, and therefore likely to have no MOT as well.
They are generally more accepted on these forums than scameras as they are targetting people who are genuinely trying to evade the law.
>> Edited by Teppic on Wednesday 10th September 23:46
Basically the police will use an ANPR camera to read the number plate of a car and cross-reference it with the DVLA database to see if it is has a valid road tax or not. No road tax usually means no insurance either, and therefore likely to have no MOT as well.
They are generally more accepted on these forums than scameras as they are targetting people who are genuinely trying to evade the law.
>> Edited by Teppic on Wednesday 10th September 23:46
Teppic said:
The general guide appears to be:
Van + cars/motorbikes in attendance = ANPR
Van on its lonesome = Scamera
However, there may be variances of that, (e.g. when in North Wales I did pass a scamera with about 6, yes 6 cars in attendance) so don't take it as fact.
I have seen the scamera van, (operator was out side of van with laser) and there were 6 police men in a van and a car in attendance. This was also in wycombe at the top of cressex road.
Are we sure the ANPR system/ vans can't get your speed ?
Malc
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