11/06/2010

Should motorbikes have front number plates?




There has been a call for Motorcycles to be fitted with front number plates so they can be detected by front facing police cameras, by the RAC Foundation.

The move would allow bike registrations to be read by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras used to pick up uninsured or untaxed vehicles.

A spokesman for the RAC Foundation, which was established in 1991 as the research arm of the RAC but is now independent of the breakdown firm, said: "We think that if it could be done safely then there's a very good reason why it should be done.

"Then ANPR cameras would be able to pick up motorcycles in exactly the same way they can four-wheeled vehicles."



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