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That's the primary use case I've seen talked about. That and tax enforcement, imagine instead of the police having to look for a sticker or anything they just
by flutas 4y ago
That's the primary use case I've seen talked about.
That and tax enforcement, imagine instead of the police having to look for a sticker or anything they just see a giant "UNPAID ROAD TAX" on the back of your car, or "EXPIRED REGISTRATION".
- kube-system 4y agoThose are already solved issues with the plate readers are already in widespread use. Police just drive around and their car automatically tells them when vehicles around them have issues. Some states have stopped issuing stickers entirely because they’re no longer necessary.
- sschueller 4y agoDon't the police already have vehicles with very fast plate scanners that can do that as well as check if the vehicle is stolen?
- can16358p 4y agoYup. Match it with the database (which is absolutely trivial) that police uses and has entries for stolen vehicles, and hey, you don't need this product at all. Also in both cases, it would be trivial for any professional thief to swap the plate out with a regular one, or do a quick desoldering to prevent license plate from updating itself.
- Ekaros 4y agoCouldn't they just have centralised database and OCR? It doesn't even need to be live. Updated daily should be enough.
- InCityDreams 4y agoAnpr seems to work just fine in the uk. /perhaps the 'A' can now stand for 'analogue'
- jaclaz 4y agoYou don't need a fancy e-ink display replacing the plate for that. Something like a green/red led might do (added to the car, besides the plate), if it flashes red it means unpaid road tax or "stop me", if it is green it means all good.