http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/what-were-watching-baggage-song-and-dance-automatic-license-plate-recognition-elliott-on-assertiveness/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/what-were-watching-baggage-song-and-dance-automatic-license-plate-recognition-elliott-on-assertiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-19470 Kevin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:37:06 +0000 http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=24861#comment-19470 Odd-- it looks like the cop explaining the ALPR system is _not_ wearing a seatbelt. Odd– it looks like the cop explaining the ALPR system is _not_ wearing a seatbelt.

]]> http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/what-were-watching-baggage-song-and-dance-automatic-license-plate-recognition-elliott-on-assertiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-19465 david drysdale Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:58:04 +0000 http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=24861#comment-19465 We have Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) in the UK - does the same sort of thing - law enforcement get to know if a car is unlicensed, uninsured, reported stolen etc. The technique is also used for petrol stations to capture license plates before they will allow you to buy petrol and now in private (mall) car parks to make sure you don't stay too long. If you go in and don't go out within 2 hours you get sent a fine automatically... We have Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) in the UK – does the same sort of thing – law enforcement get to know if a car is unlicensed, uninsured, reported stolen etc.
The technique is also used for petrol stations to capture license plates before they will allow you to buy petrol and now in private (mall) car parks to make sure you don’t stay too long. If you go in and don’t go out within 2 hours you get sent a fine automatically…

]]> http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/what-were-watching-baggage-song-and-dance-automatic-license-plate-recognition-elliott-on-assertiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-19463 Peter Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:23:53 +0000 http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=24861#comment-19463 ALPR is probably very similar to the technology used on toll Highway 407 (http://www.407etr.com/) - around Toronto - where when you use the highway (and haven't previously purchased a "transponder") your license plate is photographed (at speeds up to 200 km/hour) and you are sent a bill for that trip. It's a whole new world out there. ALPR is probably very similar to the technology used on toll Highway 407 (http://www.407etr.com/) – around Toronto – where when you use the highway (and haven’t previously purchased a “transponder”) your license plate is photographed (at speeds up to 200 km/hour) and you are sent a bill for that trip. It’s a whole new world out there.

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