Another brick in the wall..

[wyrdlinks]

The national rollout of the UK police's ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system is kicking off, with the goal of deploying a network of over 2,000 cameras on motorways, major roads and city centres. The system is claimed to be able to run database checks on 3,600 plates per hour, on vehicles travelling at speeds of up to 100 mph - but

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[artela]

And how long before it's used to ensure all motorists only do the desingated speed limit as well?

[7rin]

Isn't that what speed cameras're for?

[perplexed_seal]

No

Speed camaras are intended to act as a deterrent.

[rhiannon_s]

not feckin soon enough!!!

[cyberspice]

So get yourself a popular model of car with the right year, age and colour and clone the plates. To be honest as this is an automatic system I can't really see a copper somewhere reviewing every photograph to see whether a number plate is right for the car.

All of this identification business works on the ease of copying the identification and in this case you're cloning an identity so it's a straight copy of a valid registration document that's needed to get the plates.