From Think Spain:
Guardia Civil traffic patrol cars are being fitted with new licence-plate recognition technology that will enable officers to identify car insurance evaders instantly.
The kit scans a suspect’s licence plate and sends the information directly to a national database developed by the Insurance Compensation Consortium to ascertain whether the vehicle is insured and whether payments are up to date.
I remember reading recently that in the U.S. police in at least one metro area were getting similar technology to automagically identify stolen cars while on patrol. If we were to hook in states’ insurance compliance databases….
Granted, my inner privacy advocate is screaming over the idea, but it’s still an interesting thought, if one perceives uninsured drivers as a problem.
