Taking the Michael with ANPR van

[Tafia]

Whilst I have no problem with ANPR vans catching the uninsured and untaxed and unlicensed amongst us, I wonder if they use the same technique for Talivans?

www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/photo4.htm

[count duckula]

The van operator properly operates a scamera van part time and got confused.

Malc

[streaky]

That has got to be one for the press! That's not taking the Michael, that's extracting the urine! - Streaky

[puggit]

I would have serious reservations about the aluminium ladder reflecting any emissions from the van!

[mondeoman]

T@SSERS!

[stooz]

thats a banned link on my 'net. can anyone post it elsewhere and link in?

[streaky]

puggit said:

I would have serious reservations about the aluminium ladder reflecting any emissions from the van!

ANPR van - no emissions (AFAIK) just photographs of number-plates, digitisation of same, cross-check with PNC/DVLA register, pursuit and stop of offenders (unregistered, WIC, etc.) by attendant police (notably absent in photographs BTW). I'm in favour of APNR used to detect unlicensed vehicles, etc. Often they are uninsured as well (according to other posts) and some are driven by scrotes who are wanted for other offences. The great pity is that all too often they're persistent offenders whom the courts just release with little more than a rap over the knuckles - Streaky

[deltaf]

Sent it to the sun last night...

[Plotloss]

Here you go Stooz...





>> Edited by Plotloss on Thursday 4th December 11:51

[pesty]

If its Just ANPR no problem.

Lets get the people who dont insure,banned etc.

[Tafia]

streaky said:

puggit said: I would have serious reservations about the aluminium ladder reflecting any emissions from the van! ANPR van - no emissions (AFAIK) just photographs of number-plates, digitisation of same, cross-check with PNC/DVLA register, pursuit and stop of offenders (unregistered, WIC, etc.) by attendant police (notably absent in photographs BTW). I'm in favour of APNR used to detect unlicensed vehicles, etc. Often they are uninsured as well (according to other posts) and some are driven by scrotes who are wanted for other offences. The great pity is that all too often they're persistent offenders whom the courts just release with little more than a rap over the knuckles - Streaky

Streaky,

I am begining to wonder, nay, beginning to think that perhaps these ANPR vans are not as innocent as we are led to believe. After all, why go to the lengths they have to diguise it if they are only checking number plates for tax or insurance evasion.

Once a vehicle is on that road, it will have been filmed by the van at anything up to perhaps 500 - 800 mts. So why disguise it? Can it be they are also checking speed and having tickets issued. The video equipment will be the same as the Talivans so why not use it for speed as well?

[jmorgan]

Maybe the scrotes have learn't to spot them and can turn around to avoid etc or scrotes mates will phone others to warn them if they spot them. Either way I hope they get them however the gits who tried to do my gran out of £800 for doing the lawn had a number plate that belonged to a 4*4 in the north that was all legal and above board etc so wouldn't get pulled.

[Plotloss]

When ANPR operations are in progress in Barnes the fact that there are cameras is VERY clearly signposted.

This has far more sinister overtones than simple ANPR work, this smacks of speed entrapment to me...

[tonyrec]

The one in the Photo is an ANPR camera van.

In my opinion it looks silly but if it has the desired effect then why not.

The reason that they do this is to disguise it a bit so that its not too obvious. Thinking about it ligically, word will quickly get around that its there and some of the scroates will detour around it etc etc.

I certainly dont agree that a Talivan should be disguised in this way at all.

[puggit]

Tony - what are the diferences?

(ie how can you tell - not what do they do )

[tonyrec]

Only the fact that its the same type as we use. To know for sure then you would have to ask the occs.

99 times out of 100 there would be Police vehicles in the close proximity but i have also known ANPR vans to work alone.

[Tafia]

Just read on the UK Speedtraps site that the webmaster has been told, presumably by police, to remove the images of the ANPR van, " for operational reasons" otherwise, in the webmaster words "the heavy mob will be around"

What kind of country are we now living in?

The coming police state appears to be here.

[deltaf]

Yeah seen it too, some guy already sent the photos off to the sun though, so thats blown it for em. Dammit! beaten again!

[Plotloss]

Hold on then, let me just save some local copies...

[hornet]

Tafia said:

Just read on the UK Speedtraps site that the webmaster has been told, presumably by police, to remove the images of the ANPR van, " for operational reasons" otherwise, in the webmaster words "the heavy mob will be around" What kind of country are we now living in? The coming police state appears to be here.

Can they do that? It's parked on a public road after all - well, obstructing a pavement, but we'll gloss over that. I can just about understand WHY they might want the images removed, but just not whether there is any legal grounds to even ask.