Big Brother surveillance

[rov1200]

Shortly your vehicle will be tracked by means of a countrywide camera number plate recognition. Currently this is only possible either for discrete or average speed detectors. But in future all the databases will link up enabling your whereabouts as you travel.

Is this another progressive step in fighting crime and could anyone object to it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/whos_wat ching_you/8064333.stm

[Squitty]

Like all of this style of sh!t.... If you are a law abiding citizen then you will be tracked. If you are not then you will get around it using some other muppets car or plates. Total(nearly) waste of time.

[Panic Button]

It doesn't bother me.

The powers that be don't have the manpower to actually watch you, but after an event like 7/7 they will be able to go back and retrieve vital information.

I'm a law abiding citizen, except for going a little over the speed limit regularly, so I have nothing to fear.

[sigma]

"I'm a law abiding citizen, except for going a little over the speed limit regularly, so I have nothing to fear." WHAT !!!!

I'm a law abiding citizen, except for the "little" burglary I commit regularly, so I have nothing to fear. lmfao

[BeatySwalls]

It doesnt phase me. I am a law abideing citizen aprt from the odd drug dealing, GBH and fraud.

I have nothing to fear

[rov1200]

But say you are on the polce computer because you have infringed some minor motoring law. In future you would be a marked man and your vehicle would be followed everywhere waiting for you to make another silly mistake. Is that what you want?

[sigma]

Get real rov, do you honestly believe the police are going to track every car that is owned by someone with points on their license.?
You opened your question with "Shortly your vehicle WILL be tracked " shouldn't that have been "Shortly your vehicle COULD be tracked " so what.!
If they wanted to track you all they need do is intercept your mobile phone or sat nav signal. ANPR is just one of many tools they have at their disposal.

[rov1200]

Sigma never heard of 'thin edge of the wedge'. There are 5 million peoples DNA stored on a police database. You would ask who would sift through that lot? But some campaigners have taken it to the European court. Everyone's car details will be stored for 2 years. You're asking who would sift through that lot? So this is real, wake up!

[sigma]

Rov, lets go back to your original question
"Is this another progressive step in fighting crime and could anyone object to it?"
Yes it is a progressive step and the only people who would object are criminals ie. anyone who has broken the law.
DNA or car ownership is only traced WHEN a crime has been committed not IF a crime will be committed with the exception of known intent.
I can't imagine that "ordinary" motorists will be tracked in case they fall foul of the road traffic act. If you're that worried, don't speed.