http://www.expressandstar.com/articles/news/es/article_92422.php
"A portable chip and pin machine to collect fines could soon be used by West Midlands police. Senior officers say the device will be a more efficient way to make criminals pay. Trials are said to be starting in the West Midlands, London and Manchester later this month. A spokesman for chip-and-pin firm Ingenico said: "It is on the brink of being introduced in forces around the country." Des Keenoy, of the Police Federation, said the gadget would not be favourably received by the rank-and-file officers the Federation represents." [Police News]