Big Brother is here.

**Lou Girardin** · 15th March 2006, 14:08

If you notice an odd looking addition to the light bars on cop cars, it's a trial of a number plate recognition system.
Apparently it picked 3 stolen cars during a shift on one patrol car.
I wonder how it'll work on madboys.

**Coyote** · 15th March 2006, 14:16

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Apparently it picked 3 stolen cars during a shift on one patrol car.

Well I'm all for it if it will help find stolen vehicles

**DemonWolf** · 15th March 2006, 14:17

Lou where did you get that gem of information from?

**skelstar** · 15th March 2006, 14:19

Smells a bit like bullsh1t to me

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It wont pick up plates if you dont use plates.

**Colapop** · 15th March 2006, 14:20

That's a pommy system isn't it?
And you'd get stopped for not having plates if you weren't using them (unless you done a runner...)

**Darryboy** · 15th March 2006, 14:26

Originally Posted by Colapop

...And you'd get stopped for not having plates if you weren't using them (unless you done a runner...)

That would be the plan... Texmo?

**Paul in NZ** · 15th March 2006, 14:35

It's real and in common use.

Uses include...

Parking buildings
Road Tolls
Police cars
Congestion management
Residents parking etc

If you are paranoid about this stuff... You would probably shit yourself if you knew just how much info was gathered every time you used a credit / eftpos card, bought fuel, went to a supermarket etc etc.. Big brother has been here a fair old while and in fact.. he has bought his whole family..

**vifferman** · 15th March 2006, 14:45

Yup, it's real alright. The UK branch of our company made a software package for reading numberplates years ago, to be used by parking wardens and the like. It's possibly the one used in London for their inner-city toll system.

**bugjuice** · 15th March 2006, 14:48

I actually saw one on a car the other day and wondered what the hell it was. I thought it was a more advanced speed camera or monitor or something..

Looks bloody huge. But it's real peeps, I've seen it myself..

**texmo** · 15th March 2006, 14:48

Originally Posted by Darryboy

That would be the plan... Texmo?

no comment

**Skyryder** · 15th March 2006, 14:53

So they flash your number in the system and can they see current warrent and rego information i.e have they expired or not?

Skyryder.

**Lou Girardin** · 15th March 2006, 14:54

Originally Posted by DemonWolf

Lou where did you get that gem of information from?

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

I don't have a problem with crims being caught.
I do have a major problem with the growing surveilance of our everyday lives.
The ID tatoos can't be far off.

**bugjuice** · 15th March 2006, 14:55

what, you haven't got yours yet?
you'll be in trouble...

**Ixion** · 15th March 2006, 14:55

Doesn't something like that have to be approved by the Minister and gazetted. Like the speed cameras and radar- they have to prove it is reliable and robust?

Cos I can see the gizmo getting tangled up on personal plates with the 1's and I's and O's and 0's etc. So you get charged with doing miscellaneous naughtinesses based on a gizmo reading your plate and getting it wrong ?