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Just watching the News - apparently BP Stations are installing plate recognition technology to cut the petrol on the pump with a previous drive-off.
God forbid they just bring back the Service in Service stations (I'm looking at you, Gull Henderson Valley)
Dave Lobster
5th May 2009, 18:38
I wonder if criminals have the brains to spend five minutes pilfering someone else's number plates..
hayd3n
5th May 2009, 18:40
people are already stealing plates to do run offs
I wonder if criminals have the brains to spend five minutes pilfering someone else's number plates..
Mostly yes!
BP spending a few million on the technology in their 250+ stations around the country, as Mully said about the 'Service'..that money could go a long way towards extra staff. Out of the two servo's we have here, one is the old fashioned forecourt attendants system, the other is re-pay...
slofox
5th May 2009, 18:50
I quite like unattended servos...like the Gull here in Norton Road...nobody to try to take over the filling or generally get in the way...and they can't tell you off for leaving your helmet on either...
FJRider
5th May 2009, 19:01
I can see a time , when, most gas station pumps, will have an Eftpos/prepay option on the pump itself....
I can see a time , when, most gas station pumps, will have an Eftpos/prepay option on the pump itself....
Mobil had that. they took it away (apart from fleetcard customers) because:
A) They couldn't be arsed upgrading the technology to accept smart cards and
B) They were missing out on revenue from people going into the shop.
jaymzw
5th May 2009, 19:08
I can see a time , when, most gas station pumps, will have an Eftpos/prepay option on the pump itself....
Won't happen FJ, the margins on petrol is sweet FA so the way they make their money is getting you inside the shop, not that i'm gna buy anything except maybe gum while on the bike anyway
Dave Lobster
5th May 2009, 19:13
I can see a time , when, most gas station pumps, will have an Eftpos/prepay option on the pump itself....
Crap 'n' Save does that in Albany. Most of the supermarkets in Pomgolia have it.
It's for winners.
Who the fuck buys stuff in a petrol station? Fifteen bucks for a tin of pop? Two bars of chocolate for a tenner. I don't fucking think so!!
JMemonic
5th May 2009, 19:28
Watching the news article there was a bloke who had plates or car car stolen some time ago and the system recognised his new plates and associated them with his name then shut the pump down.
My thoughts are where did they get the data from that matched his new plates to his name and the previously stolen plates, think about the implications of this data matching, alright its not quite there but think minority report data correlation you pull up to a BP and all your previous purchases are logged etc the software can market to you, horrible really.
Headbanger
5th May 2009, 19:29
Who the fuck buys stuff in a petrol station? Fifteen bucks for a tin of pop? Two bars of chocolate for a tenner. I don't fucking think so!!
All Purchases Fuel Card.
I base a large portion of my life around BP service stations.
Pedrostt500
5th May 2009, 19:43
Though the Up side might be you have your car or bike stolen, the tea leaf rocks into a service station it gets flagged, if they do somthing about it is another story.
Gummie
5th May 2009, 20:04
shame that my number plate is on the back so are there going to be signs that say bikes this way only?????:angry2:
The station i go to it makes for a long way round from my ass:Oops: to have its photo taken???
Just my ten cent as i cant get 2 cents to put in.
cave weta
5th May 2009, 20:18
God forbid they just bring back the Service in Service stations )
Go to The Mobil in Huntly. On the front of the till there is a small note taped to it about the size of a matchbox.
This is not a
Service Station
it is a
Gas Station
now what do you want?
.
MisterD
5th May 2009, 20:36
Who the fuck buys stuff in a petrol station? Fifteen bucks for a tin of pop? Two bars of chocolate for a tenner. I don't fucking think so!!
Stoners...and Nige from Half Man Half Biscuit...
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"and a blues CD on the hallmark label - that's sure to be good"
Why nick somones plate to do a drive-off from a "service" station? Haven't people heard of computer printers? Print out a rego and then do a drive-off. Saves stealing a rego plate and it also will not show up as stolen...
In fact, get some rego's from the local police cars...;)
GKTaylor
5th May 2009, 21:01
Some of the BP's I wont mention which ones have moved on from that technology already, the new technology involves multiple self tracking camera's, not just the front either, they not only OCR the plates against the database they have adopted facial recognition to the moving body outside the vehicle, this is not captured in picture form, so no breach in privacy, its just a string of numbers, similar to fingerprint recognition, no prints stored.
If all boxes are ticked the pump will activate, you don't even get the chance to pump. Of course if the system cant get what it needs it reverts to the cashier to authorise.
We use similar camera systems for gate authorisation, with camera to camera hand over, a vehicle and its occupants are always followed around the exterior of the building.
I can see a time , when, most gas station pumps, will have an Eftpos/prepay option on the pump itself....
I cant believe how long its taken to get here, europe had them back in 85, 24 years later and still nothing
Mobil had that. they took it away (apart from fleetcard customers) because:
A) They couldn't be arsed upgrading the technology to accept smart cards and
B) They were missing out on revenue from people going into the shop.
c) freakn system kept crashing
BAD DAD
5th May 2009, 21:21
[QUOTE=Mully;1129200350]Just watching the News - apparently BP Stations are installing plate recognition technology to cut the petrol on the pump with a previous drive-off.
What's wrong with installing IGNITION buttons on the petrol pumps.....free spark with every stolen tank.
CookMySock
5th May 2009, 22:23
Cool, now they can automatically track your vehicle anywhere in the country. I wonder who they will sell that information to..
Steve
Best system I ever saw was 5 years ago in the UK on my hols. A supermarket servo had put in those barriers that rose up from the floor like in car parks. You lowered them with the bar code from the till receipt.
No docket, no exit.
mujambee
5th May 2009, 23:42
I cant believe how long its taken to get here, europe had them back in 85, 24 years later and still nothing
We are far closer to europe than you and I still have to see one of those.
Best system I ever saw was 5 years ago in the UK on my hols. A supermarket servo had put in those barriers that rose up from the floor like in car parks. You lowered them with the bar code from the till receipt.
No docket, no exit.
Thats' great. Simple and most effective.
Thats' great. Simple and most effective.
and expensive, and a real pain in the ass that you cannot get your car out when you drop your receipt, or it breaks down with your car locked in there.
Brownstoo
6th May 2009, 00:58
What? just don't go to BP if you're gonna steal. Stuff switching plates just for the convenience of being able to steal fuel from BP.
mujambee
6th May 2009, 01:40
and expensive, and a real pain in the ass that you cannot get your car out when you drop your receipt, or it breaks down with your car locked in there.
Or if you don't buy anything.
You're right, it's shit. :)
sunhuntin
6th May 2009, 07:46
i think its a great idea, though i do think if plates are stolen, the former owner of those plates should not be associated with them when they buy a new car [as in the case last night]
some ass tried to steal the plate off my former bosses bike, while it was parked at work, which at the time was bp. LOL. thankfully, they were disturbed and didnt get it, though it was ripped where they tried to get it off without taking the bolts and stuff out first :bash:
be good to see other servos bring in the same technology.
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