Comments on: ANPR, DVLA and Perverse Incentives

By: Paul M

Paul M — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:32:59 +0000

Or, responding to the last post, it means someone has cloned my number plate!

This is getting more common, the law abiding citizen has to answer awkward questions because of someone else taking liberties.

By: Dave Walker

Dave Walker — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:12:40 +0000

Depending on how joined-up the ANPR systems are, between varous regional police services, then if my number plate was recognised in Oxford at time T, and recognised again in Edinburgh at time (T + 4 hours), then it’s a dead cert that some significant element of my journey involved me obeying the notional (as dictated by road, weather and traffic conditions), rather than national, speed limit.

Of course, it would then be down to the set of police services on my route to determine among themselves which (and indeed, how many) of them would want to land 3 penalty points and a 60 pound fine, or worse, on me…

By: wendyg

wendyg — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:29:14 +0000

Well, this is one of those things that shows the truth of what privacy advocates warn about when they use the term “function creep” in objecting to new initiatives.