E-Plates
04-07-05, 09:07 AM
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E-Plates
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04/07/2005 - Vancouver-based EVI Management is bringing e-Plate to Canada to replace a century-old design with new technology
March 28, 2005
"The concept is a simple one. Combine the visual identification present in our current license plates with electronic identification matching them to the vehicle," says Patrick McCleery, Chairman of EVI Management in Vancouver. "Add in design features that prevent the plates from being transferable and you have e-Plate".
The e-Plate is a recent innovation from Hills Numberplates, Britain’s largest supplier of license plates with over 75 years of experience.
"Hills recognized that standard plate designs are vulnerable to theft and fraud. Their solution was to create a plate that fractures irreparably along etched lines when removed from the vehicle", says McCleery.
Current roadside cameras rely on line of sight and optical character recognition to record traffic violations and congestion charges. Weather conditions and other factors reduce the ability of these cameras to accurately determine the registered owner of the vehicle.
Each e-Plate contains a radio frequency identification device or RFID. Upon registration, the e-Plate is permanently programmed with the 17 alphanumeric characters that make up a vehicle identification number. That same code is visible at the lower corner of the windshield and elsewhere on the frame of any vehicle.
A network of compact readers located throughout an urban setting record the time of day that an e-Plate has passed within 100 metres of an intersection, bridge or tunnel. Neither traffic volume nor velocity impairs the readers from recognizing each unique e-Plate.
"Where a provincial jurisdiction chooses e-Plates over traditional passive license plates, government use of that data will be subject to their privacy policies," notes McCleery. "This is not an Orwellian system that tracks your daily purchases or your choice of websites and television programs. Only the presence of a registered vehicle on a public roadway as it passes a known coordinate is recorded."
From that data, municipalities will improve traffic management and enforcement of moving violations. Local police forces will quickly locate and recover stolen vehicles as they travel across the city.
Public transit routes will be customized to accommodate commuter patterns with a new degree of accuracy.
The e-Plate is currently undergoing trials with Transport for London for use in congestion charging and traffic management.
Source: Canadian InsurancE-NEWS
04/07/2005 - Vancouver-based EVI Management is bringing e-Plate to Canada to replace a century-old design with new technology
March 28, 2005
"The concept is a simple one. Combine the visual identification present in our current license plates with electronic identification matching them to the vehicle," says Patrick McCleery, Chairman of EVI Management in Vancouver. "Add in design features that prevent the plates from being transferable and you have e-Plate".
The e-Plate is a recent innovation from Hills Numberplates, Britain’s largest supplier of license plates with over 75 years of experience.
"Hills recognized that standard plate designs are vulnerable to theft and fraud. Their solution was to create a plate that fractures irreparably along etched lines when removed from the vehicle", says McCleery.
Current roadside cameras rely on line of sight and optical character recognition to record traffic violations and congestion charges. Weather conditions and other factors reduce the ability of these cameras to accurately determine the registered owner of the vehicle.
Each e-Plate contains a radio frequency identification device or RFID. Upon registration, the e-Plate is permanently programmed with the 17 alphanumeric characters that make up a vehicle identification number. That same code is visible at the lower corner of the windshield and elsewhere on the frame of any vehicle.
A network of compact readers located throughout an urban setting record the time of day that an e-Plate has passed within 100 metres of an intersection, bridge or tunnel. Neither traffic volume nor velocity impairs the readers from recognizing each unique e-Plate.
"Where a provincial jurisdiction chooses e-Plates over traditional passive license plates, government use of that data will be subject to their privacy policies," notes McCleery. "This is not an Orwellian system that tracks your daily purchases or your choice of websites and television programs. Only the presence of a registered vehicle on a public roadway as it passes a known coordinate is recorded."
From that data, municipalities will improve traffic management and enforcement of moving violations. Local police forces will quickly locate and recover stolen vehicles as they travel across the city.
Public transit routes will be customized to accommodate commuter patterns with a new degree of accuracy.
The e-Plate is currently undergoing trials with Transport for London for use in congestion charging and traffic management.
Source: Canadian InsurancE-NEWS
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Originally Posted by Nismo Convert86
just keep your plates, they never made people with the old non reflective ones get new ones. i will likely be grandfathered in
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Originally Posted by Jaymez
Next they are going to know we are going over 100 in a 100 zone , ugh this is BS
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Originally Posted by nick1
i was thinking about something similar to that...when you get on and off the 407, your radio transmitter records that info right?, so if they can track the exact time you get on and off, then they can calculate your average speed, and therefore issue tickets for speeding. man oh man do i hope that never comes into effect.
They select streches of road that are popula speeding areas, then descreetly mount a pair of cameras, and BINGO! Ticket in the mail!
They also use lots of red-light cams (which I like), gridlock sensors(which I also like), tons of photo-radar(ewww!) plus good old fashioned speed traps...
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It's almost like having those annoying license testing people beside you the whole time. "55 in a 50? Penalized!" I don't feel like keeping an eye on my speedo just because these "great things" like electronic plates and GPS and all that junk can watch me every second of the day >.< Sounds like another way for cops to get money, if you ask me. It's not even about safety anymore.
Not to mention, what about yellow lights? Sometimes it's not safe to slow down for one, so you speed through it, if the light goes red and half your car is just leaving the intersection, does that count as breaking the law? =P I dunno, I don't like this idea much, or the potential things it could lead to either.
Not to mention, what about yellow lights? Sometimes it's not safe to slow down for one, so you speed through it, if the light goes red and half your car is just leaving the intersection, does that count as breaking the law? =P I dunno, I don't like this idea much, or the potential things it could lead to either.
