Civinfo - View Single Post - great idea

TTDegs · 3rd April 2008, 18:43

Was wondering (as you do), and came up with an idea

But not sure if it's a step too far towards big brother (Orwell variety, not Channel 4 rubbish

)

I need to start off with some assumptions:
1) drivers who drive without insurance is a BAD thing
2) likewise road tax (ok, issues about what road tax is spent on, but...)
3) ditto MOT
4) dodgy spaced number plates which defeat ANPR might be 'kool', but ultimately just end up wasting police time, or get ignored.

We all know (from watching Police Camera Action etc) that ANPR works, and is fast, and can tell if the above things are missing.

So...
What if each and every single petrol station in the land was forced to have an ANPR camera at each pump.
If the camera can't read your plate, or it can and flags up an issue, then the pump will not deliver fuel

Might need to extend that slightly, to cope with foreign plates and other valid reasons, but as a starter for ten, what do we think?

If done properly, it could massively reduce the number of illegal vehicles on the road?

please discuss

(or not, if it's boring

)

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	great idea - or a step too far? Was wondering (as you do), and came up with an idea But not sure if it's a step too far towards big brother (Orwell variety, not Channel 4 rubbish ) I need to start off with some assumptions: 1) drivers who drive without insurance is a BAD thing 2) likewise road tax (ok, issues about what road tax is spent on, but...) 3) ditto MOT 4) dodgy spaced number plates which defeat ANPR might be 'kool', but ultimately just end up wasting police time, or get ignored. We all know (from watching Police Camera Action etc) that ANPR works, and is fast, and can tell if the above things are missing. So... What if each and every single petrol station in the land was forced to have an ANPR camera at each pump. If the camera can't read your plate, or it can and flags up an issue, then the pump will not deliver fuel Might need to extend that slightly, to cope with foreign plates and other valid reasons, but as a starter for ten, what do we think? If done properly, it could massively reduce the number of illegal vehicles on the road? please discuss (or not, if it's boring )