Noodle

Here is a sample of NSW Police Automatic Number Plate Recognition
vehicles, scanning number plates:

http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html
http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665965.html
http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html

Noodle

On Aug 29, 2:10*pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> jackbadger56 wrote:
> > On Aug 29, 12:42 pm, gregori <gregori.3ev...@no-mx.phorums.com.au>
> > wrote:
> >> I was travelling along Gardeners Rd at Kingsford yesterday.
> >> Its 3 lanes wide and the police had 2 of the lanes blocked forcing
> >> everyone to pass them in a single lane.
> >> as I approached the unmarked cop car (dark tinted windows) in the
> >> centre lane
> >> mounted on a tripod beside the car was what looked similar to a small
> >> radar device. Cylindrical in shape and was pointed down wards at an
> >> angle towards
> >> the front engine compartment of each car that passed by.
>
> >> As we were only travelling at a few KMs/hr it was obviously not a speed
> >> check.
> >> The driver in front of me was pulled over and there was probably 3 or 4
> >> other vehicles being booked at the time.
> >> Probably 5 cop cars and twice as many police.
>
> > Might have been this new-fangled plate-reader in action; booking
> > unregistered cars.

Here is an example of NSW Police abusing their power by using
Automatic Number Plate Recognition vehicles to check number plates &
pull over unregistered drivers in NSW:

http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html

http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html

TomTom

In news:50637b58-8941-48ae-abc4-497ad3ac8882@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com,
Noodle <noodle@spam.la> typed:
> On Aug 29, 2:10*pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
>> jackbadger56 wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 12:42 pm, gregori <gregori.3ev...@no-mx.phorums.com.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I was travelling along Gardeners Rd at Kingsford yesterday.
>>>> Its 3 lanes wide and the police had 2 of the lanes blocked forcing
>>>> everyone to pass them in a single lane.
>>>> as I approached the unmarked cop car (dark tinted windows) in the
>>>> centre lane
>>>> mounted on a tripod beside the car was what looked similar to a
>>>> small radar device. Cylindrical in shape and was pointed down
>>>> wards at an angle towards
>>>> the front engine compartment of each car that passed by.
>>
>>>> As we were only travelling at a few KMs/hr it was obviously not a
>>>> speed check.
>>>> The driver in front of me was pulled over and there was probably 3
>>>> or 4 other vehicles being booked at the time.
>>>> Probably 5 cop cars and twice as many police.
>>
>>> Might have been this new-fangled plate-reader in action; booking
>>> unregistered cars.
>
> Here is an example of NSW Police abusing their power by using
> Automatic Number Plate Recognition vehicles to check number plates &
> pull over unregistered drivers in NSW:
>
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html
>
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html

In what specific way do you say that the NSW police are abusing their
powers?

Sylvia Else

Noodle wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2:10 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
>> jackbadger56 wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 12:42 pm, gregori <gregori.3ev...@no-mx.phorums.com.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I was travelling along Gardeners Rd at Kingsford yesterday.
>>>> Its 3 lanes wide and the police had 2 of the lanes blocked forcing
>>>> everyone to pass them in a single lane.
>>>> as I approached the unmarked cop car (dark tinted windows) in the
>>>> centre lane
>>>> mounted on a tripod beside the car was what looked similar to a small
>>>> radar device. Cylindrical in shape and was pointed down wards at an
>>>> angle towards
>>>> the front engine compartment of each car that passed by.
>>>> As we were only travelling at a few KMs/hr it was obviously not a speed
>>>> check.
>>>> The driver in front of me was pulled over and there was probably 3 or 4
>>>> other vehicles being booked at the time.
>>>> Probably 5 cop cars and twice as many police.
>>> Might have been this new-fangled plate-reader in action; booking
>>> unregistered cars.
>
> Here is an example of NSW Police abusing their power by using
> Automatic Number Plate Recognition vehicles to check number plates &
> pull over unregistered drivers in NSW:
>
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html
>
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html

You apparently replied to my posting, in which I raised a doubt about
the legality, but the specific aspect I was focussing on was the road
block.

I can't see any legal grounds for objecting to the situations you've
cited. Indeed, I don't see any non-legal ground, provided no records
were kept about vehicles that were not identified as being unregistered
or otherwise of interest to the police.

Sylvia.

Ron

Noodle <noodle@spam.la> wrote in news:cf0e7270-5de3-465e-9086-
0fcc26bc7fcb@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com:

> NSW Police have really started intensively using these Automatic
> Number Plate Recognition road-blocks in many places in Sydney.
>
> Two weeks ago, they used it on a Friday night in Newtown (NSW), and
> pulled over 10 unregistered/suspended rego cars. It was in the paper
>
> Something really needs to be done about this abuse of NSW Police
> power....
>

Excellent!
Should be more of it!

the_dawggie

Noodle wrote:

> Here is a sample of NSW Police Automatic Number Plate Recognition
> vehicles, scanning number plates:
>
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665965.html
> http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html

Well lets get to a stage of the UK where everything is watched.

I don't want to leave my apartment these days. Too much watching,
no privacy. Orwell comes to mind.

--
Kipland Christopher Dawggie.

Pit

On Sep 1, 11:26*am, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Noodle wrote:
> > Here is a sample of NSW Police Automatic Number Plate Recognition
> > vehicles, scanning number plates:
>
> >http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html
> >http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665965.html
> >http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html
>
> Well lets get to a stage of the UK where everything is watched.
>
> I don't want to leave my apartment these days. Too much watching,
> no privacy. Orwell comes to mind.
>
> --
> Kipland Christopher Dawggie.

The community will perhaps be safer if you stay indoors Sell the
vehicle

But reckon more cameras protecting the streets as in UK is a GREAT
thing
for the city types

Scotty

"the_dawggie" <the_dawggie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:KhJuk.32849$IK1.22681@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
: Noodle wrote:
:
: > Here is a sample of NSW Police Automatic Number Plate Recognition
: > vehicles, scanning number plates:
: >
: > http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665961.html
: > http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f...p49665965.html
: > http://midnorthcoastpolicevehicles.f.../c1491748.html
:
: Well lets get to a stage of the UK where everything is watched.
:
: I don't want to leave my apartment these days. Too much watching,
: no privacy. Orwell comes to mind.
:
: --
: Kipland Christopher Dawggie.

Its really quite simple. Dont break the laws, nothing to worry about.

Whats the problem? I mean to say that should one of these unregistered vehicles run into yours
theres no medical insurance for you or your family, hell if hes got no rego hes got no 3rd party, no
property insurance etc etc. Get them off the road by any means I say.

phil_herring@yahoo.com.au

On Sep 1, 1:32 pm, Pit <spamlis...@gmail.com> wrote:

> But reckon more cameras protecting the streets as in UK is a GREAT
> thing for the city types

Unfortunately, the huge number of CCTV cameras in UK towns does almost
nothing for crime, either by its prevention or in terms of catching
criminals. It is, however, a good example of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theatre

-- Phil

jonz

Marty wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:485 +1000, RogerM wrote:
>
>> It would take too long for the scanning to read and process then
>> transfer that info for checking as you said. All the cars would have to
>> stop to do it and that would be mayhem.
>>
> You are talking out of your arsehole as usual.
>
> It takes just a few milliseconds to scan the plates and just a few
> milliseconds to send the data. A database query is also exceptionally
> fast. You would be looking at a latency for the whole show of a second or
> less.
>

yep, you`re on the money there....you can run, but you can`t hide.
at the end of xmas hols. this year, they set it up at Batemans
Bay.......huge amounts of traffic heading home, became a 2-3km tailback,
as they pulled vehicles over and generally ****ed up traffic flow. on
one of the busiest traffic days of the year.....pleece farce did`nt make
any friends that day. but then PR has never been their forte`.............`