Garda ANPR

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Can ANPR read non standard plates?

Hooch

Bond-007 wrote: »

Can ANPR read non standard plates?

Yes no problem with them Fonts/scripts dont matter unless they are very very small.

deadwood

This guy should have used a very very small font.

Irish_polizei

deadwood wrote: »

This guy should have used a very very small font.

Or just a bare number plate for the fun of it....

-Corkie-

I dont see any of the cars in cork west with them. I see traffic corps a good bit with none of these cameras etc

Hooch

malcox wrote: »

I dont see any of the cars in cork west with them. I see traffic corps a good bit with none of these cameras etc

Yes Cork west does have ANPR vehicles.

-Corkie-

Oh rite they must be based in bandon, havent seen any around kanturk which would be the northern part of the divison. I see a fancy looking volvo estate around. It has like an information board on the roof. I think it says transport unit. That prob has the anpr come to think of it.. Thanks for posting back i didnt realise the thread was old..:o

Irish_polizei

malcox wrote: »

I think it says transport unit.

one2one

Irish_polizei wrote: »

Possible RSU? Maybe?

Irish_polizei

one2one wrote: »

Possible RSU? Maybe?

Yeh that what it is, more than likely, if not maybe GSOC, Transport unit is what I was confused about....

-Corkie-

Oh rite, sorry for being so vague lads... What do them cars specialise in, i presume they have anpr but ive never seen the car at a checkpoint or stopped anywhere. I see a man driving it wearing a t shirt and sunglasses you would never think he was a guard.

Hooch

malcox wrote: »

Oh rite, sorry for being so vague lads... What do them cars specialise in, i presume they have anpr but ive never seen the car at a checkpoint or stopped anywhere. I see a man driving it wearing a t shirt and sunglasses you would never think he was a guard.

That is the Regional Support Unit. The unit rolled out in Nov 08 as a new high visibility armed support unit. Cork and Limerick do most patrols armed now and so cannot be in standard uniform. Their armed uniform is combats and a navy polo shirt with chequred markings and Garda on it.

They do not have ANPR fitted.

BillyBoyBad

Can a Garda car pulled in at the side of a road with ANPR read and capture speeding motorists like a Gatso van? Or does it have to be driving behind the vehicle?

Irish_polizei

BillyBoyBad wrote: »

Can a Garda car pulled in at the side of a road with ANPR read and capture speeding motorists like a Gatso van? Or does it have to be driving behind the vehicle?

Yes it can be stationary...and it can read at night also..:P

BillyBoyBad

Irish_polizei wrote: »

Yes it can be stationary...and it can read at night also..:P

So if you're caught you'll have to wait for a letter in the post or would they still have to chase after you?

Thanks, that'll be a good tool for preventing speeding!

Irish_polizei

BillyBoyBad wrote: »

So if you're caught you'll have to wait for a letter in the post or would they still have to chase after you?

Thanks, that'll be a good tool for preventing speeding!

Id have to get NGA to clarify but, i think they just "chase after you" and have a wee chit chat in relation to your offence. Im sure the boss man will be able to answer your question when he logs in.

ste88m

If it's stationary they'll need to use a speed gun.

The ANPR systems work off an average speed system calculated by the distance the car travelled divided by the time taken which gives you an average speed of the car.

-Corkie-

I was watching road wars earlier and the boys were behind a green golf. They could see the numberplate in front of them but on the anpr screen the plate was Just blank.... I think he put varnish on it!!!! He got a fair bolloking of the boys....:D:D

Irish_polizei

ste88m wrote: »

If it's stationary they'll need to use a speed gun.

The ANPR systems work off an average speed system calculated by the distance the car travelled divided by the time taken which gives you an average speed of the car.

I dont think he was talking about the ultra lyte, just the anpr system in general, two points are taken on a road, odometer is started at one point with the timer, when the car reaches the other chosen point on the road, the timer is stopped, the distance between the two points is divided by the time which it took to get between the points, giving the speed.

Feel free to correct me :pac:

Hooch

Irish_polizei wrote: »

I dont think he was talking about the ultra lyte, just the anpr system in general, two points are taken on a road, odometer is started at one point with the timer, when the car reaches the other chosen point on the road, the timer is stopped, the distance between the two points is divided by the time which it took to get between the points, giving the speed.

Correct. The ANPR system can have speed detection. Very few ANPR systems in AGS have the capability. It was not added to all. Only some have the maked road measures. As said, once the offending vehicle passes a road mark the operator hits the start button and once they pass the next one hit it again. You can then either chase the vehicle or take the video and send out an FCPS.

This system is not wide spread and not widely used by T/C. Much better to use the gun.

jimmycrackcorm

nice guy always wrote: »

Correct. The ANPR system can have speed detection. Very few ANPR systems in AGS have the capability. It was not added to all. Only some have the maked road measures. As said, once the offending vehicle passes a road mark the operator hits the start button and once they pass the next one hit it again. You can then either chase the vehicle or take the video and send out an FCPS.

This system is not wide spread and not widely used by T/C. Much better to use the gun.

I wonder are they open to a legal challenge for speed calculations. i.e. as the ANPR is not stationary and both vehicles are moving then it's net to impossible to give an accurate speed.

pa990

malcox wrote: »

I was watching road wars earlier and the boys were behind a green golf. They could see the numberplate in front of them but on the anpr screen the plate was Just blank.... I think he put varnish on it!!!! He got a fair bolloking of the boys....:D:D

I don't understand how varnish could cause such a problem ? ?
Anyone know the in's and out's of this ?

Esel

pa990 wrote: »

I don't understand how varnish could cause such a problem ? ?
Anyone know the in's and out's of this ?

Varniish ~= lacquer.... Meant to be an urban myth though.....

-Corkie-

esel wrote: »

Varniish ~= lacquer.... Meant to be an urban myth though.....

He had something on it anyway the number plate was blank on the anpr screen in the patrol car....

pa990

malcox wrote: »

He had something on it anyway the number plate was blank on the anpr screen in the patrol car....

Would be interesting to know what was used

FGR

I believe the episode noted that the paint used to make the reg plate is a substance which can be visible to the naked eye but not the anpr camera lens.

It has the same effect on speed cameras too.