Reply #80: some regional British police already use an in car system

[TheBaldyMan]

that recognises number plates compares it to a database on a laptop and will notify the officers if any wanted/stolen plates are captured, the camera can be running all the time and only needs to store the last few seconds on disk. Permanent recordings are only need , for instance, if a pursuit starts or a vehicle is pulled over.

Nice when you know Osamas registration and he decides to drive down the high street. Most of the time it spots people with expired road-tax or insurance. I don't know how many terrorists have been apprehended by this technology but rest assured if Al-Zarqawi comes to Britain he'll be arrested within minutes of his road tax expiring.