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Im not sure if this has been covered in the forums already yet, but i bought a car magazine while i was in South Africa last week and there was an editorial article about Automatic Number Plate Recognition in the UK in it. I know currently the system works around the Birmingham area (M42,M5 and M6) that has been used in crime reduction.
However, the article talks about a leaked strategy document suggesting that by April next year the ANPR system would be capable of monitoring every 400m of the UK roads and that this will largely eliminate speeding.
I can see how the system works to collect infomation about untaxed and unisured drivers via the numberplate, but i really cannot see it being accurate enough to measure speed.
Has anyone else heard plans to extend the ANPR system like this?
However, the article talks about a leaked strategy document suggesting that by April next year the ANPR system would be capable of monitoring every 400m of the UK roads and that this will largely eliminate speeding.
I can see how the system works to collect infomation about untaxed and unisured drivers via the numberplate, but i really cannot see it being accurate enough to measure speed.
Has anyone else heard plans to extend the ANPR system like this?
