Interesting development...

**portokiwi** · 16th February 2009, 09:25

I like it.... If you are doing the law thing then whats the problem..... Might get some of these suspect trailers of the road, Even better cars of the road.

Nothing wrong with Big Brother watching you

**Eurodave** · 16th February 2009, 09:27

Originally Posted by portokiwi

Nothing wrong with Big Brother watching you

Famous last words mate!

**BM-GS** · 16th February 2009, 09:43

UK plod do the same sort of thing, just sitting by the side of main roads snaping away, seeing who's going where & collecting albums of regos.

Talking about it to a neighbour (who just happened to be in the plod-camera division) they got a good idea of which crims were where on a daily basis and were able to pin a load of local crime on out-of-towners, track them down and take them to court. Presumably other regions did the same with our crims.

This can be a good thing, and I suppose that if one lives a blameless life then this may actually come along to help on occasion. If you take a flexile approach to the law then it may prove inconvenient. I would hope that all the time & effort when on something more worthwhile than pinging people with 2 functioning trailers and one plate, though.

**Skyryder** · 16th February 2009, 09:52

Probably some kind of new hi-tec system they want the govt to purchase for them and they are doing a bit of research on thier needs. That they have not gone public on this as they did with the tazers is pretty good indication that it will not be for the public good or at best have not hired a public relations firm to push it on to the public as benificial to public.

Who knows with Key. Changes his mind as much as most change their undies.

Skyryder

**Mikkel** · 16th February 2009, 09:55

Originally Posted by portokiwi

Nothing wrong with Big Brother watching you

Originally Posted by Eurodave

Famous last words mate!

Nothing wrong with the police enforcing rules regarding registration and WOF - it's much more important than speeding tickets IMO.

Plenty wrong with the police watching you - not your car or trailer, but your person and your life - without having reasonable suspicion of serious crimes being committed.

**portokiwi** · 16th February 2009, 09:55

Originally Posted by Eurodave

Famous last words mate!

Nothing to hide....... So no worries

Must be for the good of all man kind

**Eurodave** · 16th February 2009, 09:58

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Plenty wrong with the police watching you - not your car or trailer, but your person and your life - without having reasonable suspicion of serious crimes being committed.

Yeah, wot he said ,this is just the thin edge of the wedge..... wheres a decent civil libetarian when you need him?

**Mikkel** · 16th February 2009, 10:03

Originally Posted by portokiwi

Nothing to hide....... So no worries

Must be for the good of all man kind

Nothing to hide... well, that may be so. Personally I have nothing to hide as well, but I treasure my privacy and the sanctity thereof.

If you entertain such ideas I would warmly recommend reading Ben Elton's Blind Faith. A world where you are expected to share everything with everybody is pretty horrific.

**Number One** · 16th February 2009, 10:05

Originally Posted by Mikkel

A world where you are expected to share everything with everybody is pretty horrific.

I agree

**portokiwi** · 16th February 2009, 10:07

We live in peace

**Eurodave** · 16th February 2009, 10:08

So, I take it that no one else has observed [hand held digital]camera happy Plod anywhere else in NZ recently then? Am I being paranoid or are they just out to get me?

**sunhuntin** · 16th February 2009, 10:10

Originally Posted by MsKABC

I think maybe what he was alluding to was the situation where people have 2 trailers, but only one is registered. They swap the number plate back and forth.

The benefits you describe are certainly worthwhile though

ex of mine did that with i think 2 trailers. one was home built [and was most often used for yard work] and the other was used to transport two propane bottles for filling. the home built was registered, but the propane [also home built] wasnt. the plate just got switched over as needed, lol. for a 5 or 10 min trip around the corner, wasnt too bad. lol.

but then canadian cops are either relaxed or thick. riding back from a get together, ex took his pudding bowl lid off for a few mins. spot some cops up the road, so he plonks it back on and is unable to do the strap up with one hand. so we get to the cops with the chin strap under the helmet and very obviously not done up. that wasnt even mentioned! LOL. they just asked where we were headed and wished us a safe journey.

**Ixion** · 16th February 2009, 10:50

But even back in the day , when such things were more or less the norm, wise men made sure that the donor and donee were reasonably similiar. - eg Triumph to Triumph, Matchless to AJS. Not BSA Bantam to Squariel. or at least swapped the tanks over so the marque stayed the same

That would still work today as far as cameras are concerned. One Suzuki to most plod is much the same as another Suzuki. Until you compare the VIN plates.

Trailers, yes. hard to tell one form another isn't it. And they don't have VIN plates.

Of course some older bikes don't have VIN plates either. And the frame numbers can be very hard to read when they've been painted over with twenty coats of thick paint.

**Renegade** · 16th February 2009, 18:09

there is a program i saw on discovery channel with a police car fitted with a camera and as vehicles go past the police car camera the rego plates of all the vehicles get cross referenced with the database and can locate wanted and stolen vehicles.