Motorists trying to evade speed cameras will be caught out thanks to advanced technology
Motorists trying to evade speed cameras with illegal number plates to avoid speeding penalties are being warned they face a hefty fine - as new technology is being implemented to catch them.
Former Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has already raised concerns that this 'staggeringly simple' tactic has been met with a lack of action by law makers, reports Lancs Live. Prof Sampson wrote to the then Conservative government's Transport secretary Mark Harper in his resignation letter to raise his concerns.
Councillor Craig Collingswood, Wolverhampton City Council's cabinet member for environment and climate change told Birmingham Live: "Wolverhampton is leading the way as the first council investing in this state-of- art technology to deter and detect offenders." Prof Sampson has warned that this figure could rise to 100 million daily reads by the end of 2024 and he stressed the importance of bus lanes and speed cameras for public safety. He said: "Bus lanes are essential for the public transport network to operate efficiently and speed cameras help to keep the public safe from speeding vehicles and reduce the likelihood of a crash.
He warned: "For all its technological advancement and operational indispensability, the ANPR system still relies ultimately on a piece of plastic affixed to either end of a vehicle. Served by a wholly unregulated market, what my predecessor termed the humble number plate represents a single and readily assailable point of failure with the ANPR network being easily defeated by the manufacture and sale of stealth plates, cloned registration marks and other rudimentary obscurant tactics.
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