Passed a staionary camers on a pole today in the new tintop (Volvo V70 AWD-with all the toys Luxury Bangernomics)

Theres no such thing as stationary cameras checking for tax discs is there??

It wasn't a speed camera, just looked like a cctv camera with 2 cameras one roughly pointing up the road and one roughly pointing down

[Edited on 22/1/09 by liam.mccaffrey]

mmm, ANPR can check your numberpate, and check on the tax/insurance database in the shake of a donkeys tail to check if the car has been taxed/insured. so kinda, yeah

It wasn't a blue one, was it? If so, it was one of those traffic watch thingies.

ANPR checks all your details with the DVLA computer but the ANPR cameras are quite different to the revenue....er...I mean speed cameras.

You should be ok



Cheers

Chris

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Originally posted by chrisg
ANPR checks all your details with the DVLA computer but the ANPR cameras are quite different to the revenue....er...I mean speed cameras.

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One a little like these?




TrafficMaster cameras - to monitor traffic flow for SatNav type devices.

I dont think it was a traffic watch one, it was directly outside a pub though

It was 2 old style looking white shrouded cctv looking cameras on a regular street furniture type pole

[Edited on 22/1/09 by liam.mccaffrey]

I'm going past it again tomorrow will have a closer look and let you know

make sure you are taxed if you go past it again! don't wanna get caught twice

Im taking the other car tomorrow.

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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
Im taking the other car tomorrow.

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If it was right outside a pub (and in a rough ish area?) it may have been to catch the local p1ssheads beating each other up?

so am i to understand you haven't taxed your car?

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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I dont think it was a traffic watch one, it was directly outside a pub though

It was 2 old style looking white shrouded cctv looking cameras on a regular street furniture type pole

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If the car is taxed but doesn't have a disc the APNR cameras will (IIRC) be quite happy as they work from the registration plate and the central DVLA database (and the central insurance database).

Never seen a static APNR camera, always on a tripod in a layby - wouldn't work very well as a static installation.

[Edited on 23/1/09 by iank]

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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I dont think it was a traffic watch one, it was directly outside a pub though

It was 2 old style looking white shrouded cctv looking cameras on a regular street furniture type pole

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you silly billy those are for taping fights at the local, not car tax disks

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Originally posted by iank
If the car is taxed but doesn't have a disc the APNR cameras will (IIRC) be quite happy as they work from the registration plate and the central DVLA database (and the central insurance database).

Never seen a static APNR camera, always on a tripod in a layby - wouldn't work very well as a static installation.

[Edited on 23/1/09 by iank]

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Originally posted by Mr Whippy

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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I dont think it was a traffic watch one, it was directly outside a pub though

It was 2 old style looking white shrouded cctv looking cameras on a regular street furniture type pole

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you silly billy those are for taping fights at the local, not car tax disks

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It is rare you are wrong, almighty and all knowing whipster but this time you are.

The cameras are there so that when the underage totty in their mini skirts fall over the pavement, the police can film their nicks.

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