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yesterday whilst filling up at my local Tesco petrol station there was a note on the pump courtesy of the Leicestershire police stating that all the details of the car i was putting petrol in were being monitored there and then, i couldn't see any cameras or devises , i wonder if its just a cheap way to keep the scallies away or if its a serious attempt at cutting car crime?
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It's pretty standard nowadays at garages with high numbers of driveoffs.
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i can understand that ash but there werent any cops waiting to pounce so it wouldnt really make any difference to a runner if you see my point...
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if big brother was at the pumps i would have made him pay or ........walk
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Before a recent refurb this technology was clearly visible behind the counter at local supermarket FS.
Each car's arrival at pumps was monitored by a CCTV camera installed in the canopy - not concealed but flush with ceiling and difficult to spot. ANPR "read" the plate and superimposed the reg. number over the CCTV image of the vehicle. No police present but pretty clear evidence if car's activity even if fuel was paid for with cash or a legit card/cheque.
Presumably the ANPR record could be searched and arrival of ABC123D recalled in a flash. Now link ANPR to database for "wanted" numbers and alarm lights start flashing in the copshop as soon as it's "seen" by the camera.
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i couldn't see any cameras or devices....
That's camera technology for you. They can be made so small these days that you can fit one into a shirt button, a clock face, and all manner of other harmless looking day to day objects without being seen.
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you left off "my bow-tie " is really a camera DD
simon and garfunkel 1966?ish
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Last I heard, they don't dispense fuel if there is a black mark against the registration.
The data could come from the garage network and the Police,
Even basic ANPR can corroborate make and model of car and a threshold set for tolerance.
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That's camera technology for you. They can be made so small these days that you can fit one into a shirt button a clock face and all manner of other harmless looking day to day objects without being seen. have you been watching mission impossible on us channel 5 as well?
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Milky,
I do wish you wouldn't start your replies with >>'s when you quote someone else's message, as it's not always obvious where the quoted text ends and your reply starts.
i.e. putting ">>" at the start of your reply makes it look like you've just quoted the person you're replying to, and not wrote anything yourself.
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isn't this just the effect of writing your message in an email with 'indent' first and then copy/pasting without checking? - there's no real editing or spell check facility in this reply window.
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Apologies Milky, I accidentally deleted your post in trying to tidy it up - happens sometimes - PU
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There is a petrol station in Chelmsford (the one near to Chelmsford Car Auctions) where there are TV screens on display at the counter. They display cars on the way in/out and show their registrations in big letters underneath to show to you that the plates are being read. There are also warning signs on the pumps.
I suppose they must get a lot of drive-offs being so near to the auction house -- people are just given the whole V5 there and then so the car's still registered in the previous owner's name when they commit the crime and they do not ever have to register the car in their name if they don't want to. Which makes me wonder how effective ANPR at this garage is.
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There are a couple of service stations near us on a main trunk road to the west country which have a police car permanantly parked on the forecourt to deter drive-offs.
The cars are older, presumably redundant vehicles and are un-manned but doubtless deter the type of ne'r-do-wells who might have it away on their toes without paying.
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