CCTV effective distance to read a number plate.

[The Natural Philosopher]

And a better way of educating them in the HM prison system, to commit crimes they wont so easily get caught for..

[charles turner]

I belive the Saony IP range to be very good at reading number plates from distance,

[Owain]

I believe you're spamming this newsgroup, Mr Turner.

Owain

[Andy Champ]

Do you think he means to spam about Sony or Sanyo?

Andy

[Spamlet]

I believe you're spamming this newsgroup, Mr Turner.

Owain

If not spam, take note of recent QI prog where they said motorcycle was best for speed cameras as they only read *front* number plates. Which may or may not actually be true...

S

[Owain]

Maybe he's been spending so long looking at cctv his eyes have gone funny.

Owain

[dennis]

Gatsos can only read rear plates so I guess there is your answer (actually the camera doesn't care but the safety police only let them do rears).

[ARWadsworth]

So what. Just do a wheelie when you go past a Gatso on a motorbike.

[dennis]

What's that got to do with cameras only reading front plates?

[Spamlet]

Actually, thinking again, to be fair, they were talking about why motorcycles are exempt from London's congestion charge, rather than Gatso's: I don't know if the monitors for the congestion charge work the same way.

S

[ARWadsworth]

Gatso's read rear number plates...........

[dennis]

The same reason lpg and electric cars are exempt, they "don't" cause congestion. 8-|

[Andy Burns]

Truvelos (sp?) only do fronts, don't they?

[Spamlet]

No: that is the reply the 'QI elves' had set up as the booby trap: only motorcyclist Ross Noble knew the 'correct' answer: that they don't have front number plates (mind you, I still have a couple somewhere!)

S