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[UK] CCTV at petrol stations will automatically stop uninsured cars being filled with fuel
Mirror UK ^
| 3/16/2012
| Mirror UK
Posted on 03/17/2012 3:34:48 PM PDT by Dallas59
Cameras at petrol stations will automatically stop uninsured or untaxed vehicles from being filled with fuel, under new government plans.
Downing Street officials hope the hi-tech system will crack down on the 1.4million motorists who drive without insurance.
Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are already fitted in thousands of petrol station forecourts.
Drivers can only fill their cars with fuel once the camera has captured and logged the vehicles number plate.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bigbro; gas; government; uk
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To: Trailerpark Badass
Traditionally British people have supported such measures because we hold no fear of our government. Our history of Parliamentary democracy and traditions of ‘the rights of Englishmen’ etc. mean that totalitarianism could never get a foothold here. There have been moments where it has perhaps veered close than one would like but the ‘national character’ has always awoken and restored the natural order. We are suspicious of authority and sneer at it. It’s a cultural, philosophical and perhaps even religious mindset peculiar to our peculiar little island.
One example; in Europe there has always been a suspicion of the police by the populace at large. Not so in Britain.
This may sound like complacency, but I can assure you it isn’t.
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posted on
03/18/2012 7:08:38 AM PDT
by
Mitch86
To: F15Eagle
When you pass a police car sporting these on the trunk lid, you are already being scanned automatically - digital reading of your license plate which is then compared to a database. These are all over the USA.
Yup, we have them up here in Canada too (well Ontario anyway) but so far they are only used I believe to alert on stolen vehicles and expired plates, don't think it checks auto insurance status and its no where near close to what they are proposing the UK which is quite a bit more expansive.
Quoting from an article on the topic:
Once the image of the plate is captured, it is checked against databases for stolen vehicles and licence plates that are suspended, stolen or expired.
Interesting placement of the cameras though, here they are mounted on the roof looking forward, seems the ones in your photo look backwards.
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posted on
03/18/2012 4:05:32 PM PDT
by
battousai
(Conservatives are racist? YES, I hate stupid white liberals.)
To: Dallas59
I see a substantial increase in license plate thefts in GB in the near future...
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posted on
03/18/2012 8:46:26 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(“It’s easy to make phony promises you can’t keep.” - Obama, Feb23, 2012)
To: Nik Naym
What the hell is wrong with people?They're affected by the dreaded "Clear Conscience Syndrome..."
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posted on
03/18/2012 9:13:12 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(“It’s easy to make phony promises you can’t keep.” - Obama, Feb23, 2012)
To: Buckeye McFrog
hopefully youre not on fumes 100 miles from home when the server goes down
????
If you're uninsured, you want the server to be down, don't you?
What are they gonna do, stop pumping gas statewide?
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posted on
03/18/2012 9:20:57 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(“It’s easy to make phony promises you can’t keep.” - Obama, Feb23, 2012)
To: Publius6961
Yep. You can’t possibly think that a scheme like this would have a “default” decision that’s the opposite of its reason for existence?
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posted on
03/19/2012 1:59:41 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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