No hiding place? UK number plate cameras go national | The Register: "
John Lettice
"The national rollout of the UK police's ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition). 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 there are just a few snags. The UK ANPR system is intended to automatically alert police if a car is stolen, if road tax hasn't been paid or the MoT is out of date, or if the driver is uninsured. The most immediate problem is the state of the databases being checked."
