I'm not sure I like 'plate reading technology'

[cave weta]

As I see it -its the thin end of the wedge as usual....

British are not happy with the NWO big brother, 1984 approach.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...n-cameras-anpr

[george formby]

See post #25.. but yeah, na, yeah cameras like these & others have been prevalent in the UK for a long time. I think in that article it says 4 million cameras.. could be wrong, not going to read it again, not just the Police of course, councils, private companies & I guess home security too are included. The article touches on how the cameras have been used outside of their remit by the Police & public access to the information/video. There is a lot of other stuff relating to misuse of the information.
As peoples are saying, they are only as good as the end user & targeting agenda. The effectiveness of the cameras has dropped in a very short time as people who feel the need avoid camera locations.

Will the NZ public have access to fixed camera locations as they do in the uk? Do we already (no twatnav here)? Do the police restrictions allow the use of information to control civil movement such as protests, demonstrations, toy runs etc?

Quite scary really, limited effect on the those who are the primary target, they will just avoid the cameras & a pain in the butt for those who forget to rego their vehicle on time.

[FJRider]

I'm just waiting for them to use these cameras to replace the one's placed at traffic lights. Not only then get a ticket for running a red ... but possibly no WoF or Rego. Wanted/stolen vehicles could also be flagged in the system ...

[Akzle]

See post #25.. but yeah, na, yeah cameras like these & others have been prevalent in the UK for a long time.

... the UK police have plate reading technology in their cars. tey cruise around and if anyone's plate comes up as "un rego" "no insurance" etc -
BAM! revenue.

[george formby]

... the UK police have plate reading technology in their cars. tey cruise around and if anyone's plate comes up as "un rego" "no insurance" etc -
BAM! revenue.

Yup, last time I was up over I was astonished at the number of cameras. The road from Berwick to Edinburgh, about an hours drive, had 81 speed cameras on it. This went up to 117. I guess very few would have been operational but they succeed in making you very paranoid. I also had to do a 40mph stint on the motorway when I twigged how average speed cameras work too.
The police in the UK use private companies for mobile cameras in some counties, not sure if they use these cameras but I suspect so & they have a similar mentality to Auckland towies, they earn on results & the press is littered with incidents of people being unjustly fined.

[FJRider]

... the UK police have plate reading technology in their cars. tey cruise around and if anyone's plate comes up as "un rego" "no insurance" etc -
BAM! revenue.

NZ police have plate reading technology in their cars NOW, they can even tell when plate numbers dont match to the vehicles the plates they're fitted to.

All the necessary software is carried under their HATS ...