Big Brother is in da Kingdom

Stevie · Post by **Stevie** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:39 am

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1258122006

Hey Andrew fae Fife. Do Fife Polis actually know about and operate this?

It's enough to make ye want to drive faster than 100 all the time! (see text about a third of the way down).

Stevie

andrew s · Post by **andrew s** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:27 pm

Stevie,

ANPR has been around for quiet some time, and not just in Strathclyde and Fife, but all police forces in the UK.

It is not there for speeders, but mainly for crime and other activites.

The Scottish Execeutive might have spent £1.5m, but it is not used no where near it's full potential.

Andrew

m25jambuster · Post by **m25jambuster** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:04 pm

ANPR has been around in London and the South East for quite some time and its presence is growing in Kent - there are several fixed roadside sites now and the camera's are in clear view for all road users to see.

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:52 pm

I think that they are great, If they catch scum who drive with no Insurance tax or MOT.

Gatso however should be banned except in a 30 limit

theseadog · Post by **theseadog** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:15 am

Boxadog 2000 wrote:I think that they are great, If they catch scum who drive with no Insurance tax or MOT.

Gatso however should be banned except in a 30 limit

+1 Yep my thoughts exactly Bob, though I'd mabey include up[ to 40 in the Gatso limits

Rods · Post by **Rods** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:18 pm

i've heard that a lot of met police switch it off because so many vehicles down here set it off

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:52 pm

Rods wrote:i've heard that a lot of met police switch it off because so many vehicles down here set it off

Now there's something which doesn't surprise me