U.K. Officials Want To Install Camera's That Disable Gas Pumps From Fueling Uninsured Cars. Brilliant Or Big Brother?
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Downing Street officials hope a hi-tech system will crack down on motorists who drive without insurance. Under a new government plan Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are fit to be installed in the forecourts of petrol stations across the U.K. the cameras will automatically stop uninsured and untaxed vehicles from being fueled. Drivers will only be able to fuel their automobile once the camera has captured and logged the vehicles license plate. Currently the system is only designed to keep motorist from driving off without paying for gas. But under the new plan, the camera will cross-reference with the DVLA’s database automatically. If a car is flagged as being untaxed or uninsured the system will not approve the transaction.
According to the DVLA approximately 1 in 25 drivers are not insured in the U.K. and about 160 people are killed and 23,000 are injured each year by uninsured and untraceable drivers. Downing Street Officials hopes this measure will force drivers to insure and tax their car if they intend on driving it.
However, some petrol retailers are claiming the proposals are going a step too far. Stating that Their cashiers are not law enforcement officers and this measure will increase the potential for conflict, which they’re already getting more than enough of due to high fuel prices.
Downing Street Officials are due to meet representatives from the major fuel companies within the next couple of weeks to discuss this measure.
Top Opinion
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The Sane One 2012/03/16 21:34:23Big Brother Is Watching You (pump gas)
+3That means that new cars won't be able to be driven until they get the new plates-- which will drastically cut down on sales of new cars. You can't take a test drive.
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You drive up to the pump.
You can't pump any petrol out until the camera has captured your license plate.
You pump in your petrol.
You go inside to pay.
If you haven't paid your insurance, your transaction will be declined.
.....Then what?
You have a car full of petrol that you're "not allowed" to pay for?
But anyway, I think it's a good measure. It will mostly work as a preventative. People who haven't paid their insurance will go get it done because they know they can't buy petrol (hence can't drive) until they do.
"Currently the system is only designed to keep motorist from driving off without paying for gas."
So obviously they pump and then pay.