Britain plans to go ahead with a controversial system that will monitor every single vehicle in Britain using a network of cameras. An Independet Online article says Britain will also build a database of vehicle movements.
Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years.
Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years.
AutopiaWired's automotive blog, blogs that they hope the security system on the surveillance program is impenetrable.
Wow. This seems like a massive undertaking, and hopefully the video recognition software that they use to take down the plate numbers is up to snuff. I can imagine lots of interest in photo blocking sprays and drivers "accidentally" forgetting to clean their plates off.
The information is also going to be made available to British intelligence officers. I can imagine lots of folks being interested in peeking at the data (where was my spouse last Saturday night?) so I hope the security system is impenetrable.
It will soon be very hard to go off the grid in the UK.
