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Originally Posted by Spin  Just watching a tv show here in angrit, in Staffordshire the police have got access to the town centre CCTV systems and installed software that can read the registration numbers of cars as they drive past. Once the number is read it is automatically checked out to see if the driver has insurance and licence and road tax.
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McD's on the A4 just by Heathrow has a nice variation on this with the help of a vehicle parking company and the DVLA. Cameras photograph your car as you enter and leave the car park and your plate number and the time of entry and departure are automatically noted. If you stay for more than one hour, the parking company contacts DVLA who give them your name and address. Then they send you the pics. and a demand for £50, escalating to £100 if you don't pay quickly and the possibility of a CCJ. You pay over the 'phone. So, thanks to DVLA, some people in a scuffy little parking company now have your identity and with a few forged utility bills could have a grand old time! If DVLA don't co-operate they could be sued by the parking company for denying them their right to pursue their business.