Thoughts on numberplate recognition

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:22:02 +0100, Erik-Jan Geniets wrote:

>> For non reads , no match or multiple matches , it is marked as
>> unreadable and past for human inspection
>
> So this means you can't **** them off because it will be marked for
> human inspection?

No but that takes time and someones wages. I doubt that all non reads etc
actually get looked at by a human, within the timescale required to send
out the fine, only a sample. If you regularly use the "trick" then
they'll start looking for you(*) but once in a blue moon...

(*) No doubt the system can also make a pretty damn good stab at vehicle
recognition as a well. Number plates alone do not in anyway identify the
vehicle, you need the make, model and colour as well.

It's all well and good insisting that the plate makers postcode is in 6pt
moulding in the plates but that isn't going to stop back street Johny
making up plates for his dubious mates. As has already been said who is
going to routinely the check that ABC Motors CF4 2GB actually exists?

Totally useless legislation but dangerously giving a sense of security.

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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:37:38 +0000, Austin Shackles wrote:

>> What's the regs on displaying 2 valid numberplates - possibly for the
>> same class of car - you're technically displaying the valid one, just
>> also displaying a spoiler too
>
> yer not allowed to obscure the number plate though.

That wasn't suggested just have two plates, both valid for that
make/model/colour of vehicle. Make the "false" one more prominent that
the other and you may well be able to force the system to read that one
more often than the real one...

Mind you displaying to different but real looking two plates is probably
a very good nick nick attractor.

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Have to be a suitably high frequency then either that or a microwave burst
that burns up the electronics and renders it FUBAR

(chainsaw would do just as well but more conspicuous)

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Larry
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"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2006-01-30, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> You'd have to make one that came on for the whole time the
> camera was on you rather than flashing otherwise there's a good chance
> it would catch you between flashes as the strobe will spend far more
> time off than on.
>
> --
> Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

the flash /pusle bright light dosent work , as most are now video

Far be it from me to suggest some thing illegal or a way of
circumventing the system , but it would be interesting to see what the
law says on driving a 'restored ' military land rover displaying
its mod plates ............ read my original post and think about it !
( i know it works )

On or around Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:15:33 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 30 Jan 2006 08:39:39 -0800, "Dave P" <[email protected]>
>scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>>But what is exactly wrong with buying plates from abroad (that comply
>>>with the legal requirements) and fitting them to your car?
>>
>>IIRC, UK plates must have the postcode of the shop/dealer they were
>>issued from to be legal. Whether you think you might be stopped just
>>because a copper can't see a tiny postcode on your plate remains to be
>>seen. Mine are from Halford's, and the postcode is barely visible even
>>looking at the plate from 12" away, being sorta embedded in the
>>plastic. Still, they're legal. How many million miles you could drive
>>on average before being stopped is a matter for conjecture.
>>
>>DaveP
>
>yeah, but the ones for sale at shows never come with the postcode
>stamped on them, and you don't need your V5, proof of address, and
>great great grandparents with you to prove who you are!

ah, but they're "show plates, not for road use"

meanwhile... the regulations about postcode apply to new plates issued after
2001. They also apply to new plates put on older vehicles. but if you
replace the plates on an older vehicle and use traditional ones, you simply
claim that it was done prior to 2001.
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But the microwaves would. and also a sufficiently bright light in the
background is going to cause it to overexpose, have you ever tried taking
pictures against the light ?

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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

except to someone who does not
believe in the laws of mathematics"


"itcosthowmuch?????" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> the flash /pusle bright light dosent work , as most are now video
>
> Far be it from me to suggest some thing illegal or a way of
> circumventing the system , but it would be interesting to see what the
> law says on driving a 'restored ' military land rover displaying
> its mod plates ............ read my original post and think about it !
> ( i know it works )
>