> But the NPR cameras do have their uses. There is currently a new
> program on one of the channels about motorcycle emergency services,
> and one caught the other night was a vehicle that was logged by an
> NPR unit as having no vehicle insurance

That's the sort of thing I've been seeing. The car will be stopped for
no MOT (certificate of roadworthiness) or no insurance and then the
poking around starts. Usually preceded by "Under Section 23 Of The
Misuse Of Drugs Act I will now conduct a search of the vehicle"

Same on NZ and US cop shows too. Straight in with "Do you have
anything in the vehicle you shouldn't have ?"

In NZ NPR is not used. Not generally anyway. But drivers usually
don't have to make much of an effort to get noticed. Not wearing a
seatbelt, speeding, running stop signs etc

I hear that NPR might be introduced. I evaluated a system many
years ago to put rfID tags on cars to determine at a petrol station
whether they were not road-legal, and thus not able to be fuelled

The project slipped into the background but I was told the other
day that a private member's bill is before the house to introduce
NPR for that purpose. I believe it's already being trialled or used
in Europe somewhere. Pity the rfID idea didn't take off. We could
have been an exporter rather than an importer

Joe

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