On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:00:42 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...
They are testing the camera in the cop car that scans tag here as we
speak. It uses OCR to read the tag, the on board computer runs it and
a few seconds later the cop has a message flashing on the screen
telling him everything there is to know about the car and the owner..
This is not just for insurance, it is also Amber alerts, stolen cars,
wants, warrants or whatever else you can glean from a tag or the owner
of that tag.
This is still in testing but expect it on a cop car near you soon ...
as soon as they justify the cost.

I noticed what appeared to be a radar gun mounted on the left rear bumper of a
Fairfax County Police car the other day. I wonder if that was the camera to
which you're referring.

Well...now I know. Glad you mentioned it.

http://www.elsag.com/detail.asp?i=195

Nincdepoop should get a charge out of that privacy invasion!

That same technology is being used by repo men in densely populated
areas. They run through parking lots at malls and sports arenas and get
a hit on a vehicle up for repo and then the automatically get a work
order from the finance company to repo the vehicle.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/au...pagewanted=all

Which has nothing to do with an out of date insurance issue.