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Black box mounted on boot of Traffic Corps car?

GalwayKiefer · 2009-04-22 13:22:33

I was in traffic today in Galway and the car in front of me was a Traffic Corps patrol car. On the boot, in the middle, was a black box roughy an inch high x 4inches long x 3 inches deep. The side facing me had a glass or plastic cover on it. I'm just wondering what it was? Is it a camera for scanning licence plates or is…

22-04-2009 02:22PM

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I was in traffic today in Galway and the car in front of me was a Traffic Corps patrol car. On the boot, in the middle, was a black box roughy an inch high x 4inches long x 3 inches deep. The side facing me had a glass or plastic cover on it. I'm just wondering what it was? Is it a camera for scanning licence plates or is it a mounted speed gun? Or something else altogether?

Just being nosey! Thanks.

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#2 22-04-2009 02:24PM

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GalKiefer wrote: »

I was in traffic today in Galway and the car in front of me was a Traffic Corps patrol car. On the boot, in the middle, was a black box roughy an inch high x 4inches long x 3 inches deep. The side facing me had a glass or plastic cover on it. I'm just wondering what it was? Is it a camera for scanning licence plates or is it a mounted speed gun? Or something else altogether?

Just being nosey! Thanks.

It was an ANPR car. The black block on the booth is an infa red transmitter. There is a rotating camera in the back window that is night vision. Picks up number plates and can do speed checks.

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#3 22-04-2009 02:25PM

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Very cool! Thanks for answering my question.

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#4 22-04-2009 02:27PM

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Here is the thread on ANPR in this forum. Any questions/queries you have should be answered within the thread or if if not then ask away on the ANPR thread.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055400378&highlight=anpr

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