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24-05-2003, 05:36pm
I heard of a system they were thinking of putting in right across Europe, that I am surprised hasn't happened yet.
The tax disc, (or rego, here), would include a unique chip that is read by sensors attached to existing traffic monitoring cameras, (there are loads of these in the UK. Not for law enforcement, but for radio, TV, AA, RAC road watch services).
Other post would be placed up with sensors to fill the gaps.
The idea is that the sensor readers are a mile apart, and the computer can determine your speed by calculating the time it took you between leaving the last sensor and arriving at the next, and automatically send you a ticket the way flash cameras do now. That would bugger anyone with a stealth plate or radar detector. The cameras could also read number plates and tax disc, and even recognise faces of banned drivers, (they must be close to perfecting this bit, because it's wasn't that bad about four years ago).
Clearly some things had to be sorted out to make it tamper proof, but the system is reletively cheap, and I thought was going to happen.
The tax disc, (or rego, here), would include a unique chip that is read by sensors attached to existing traffic monitoring cameras, (there are loads of these in the UK. Not for law enforcement, but for radio, TV, AA, RAC road watch services).
Other post would be placed up with sensors to fill the gaps.
The idea is that the sensor readers are a mile apart, and the computer can determine your speed by calculating the time it took you between leaving the last sensor and arriving at the next, and automatically send you a ticket the way flash cameras do now. That would bugger anyone with a stealth plate or radar detector. The cameras could also read number plates and tax disc, and even recognise faces of banned drivers, (they must be close to perfecting this bit, because it's wasn't that bad about four years ago).
Clearly some things had to be sorted out to make it tamper proof, but the system is reletively cheap, and I thought was going to happen.