KILLER Peter Chapman was brought to justice after his vehicle registration number triggered a police camera.
The number had been put into the automatic number plate recognition system after he had failed to comply with notice requirements as a convicted sex offender.
He was picked up by officers on patrol in the Cleveland area and taken to [...]
THE front page of the Herald Express on February 18 carried the story of the man who tried to pretend his car number plates had been cloned to escape a speeding fine.
One can be sure that the anti-motorist lobby in Torbay, who never depart their delightful Devon county for employment, would be absolutely enthralled with [...]
MUM seems to be the word when it comes to personalised car registrations.
The DVLA revealed it has sold around 1,500 prefix and new style MUM registrations, indicating just how popular this has become as a Mother’s Day gift.
There’s now a colossal 32 million personalised registrations sitting in the dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk vault – and high on the [...]
Stuck for ideas for the perfect mother’s day present. The DVLA has revealed that more and more mums are sporting their very own personalised registration plate.
DVLA Personalised Registrations has sold around 1,500 prefix and new style “MUM” registrations, a clear indication a private number plate makes the perfect Mother’s Day gift.
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As part of an ongoing crackdown against crime, police in Neath have held an operation to deny criminals the use of the road.
Neighbourhood Policing Officers teamed up with colleagues from the Roads Policing Unit and officers from the Automatic Recognition Number Plate (ANPR) team.
Officials from HM Revenue and Customs were also present to test vehicles [...]
The DVLA have amended the bidding system for their online auctions of private number plates.
The previous system was a fixed bid system whereby you submitted your bid without knowing any other bids and waited until the whole auction ended to see if your bid was succesful.
The new system is much like Ebay whereby you submit [...]
UNION representatives are set to meet with DVLA bosses to discuss proposals that could lead to 300 Welsh jobs being lost.
Earlier this month doctors urged the DVLA to rethink plans to privatise medical advisory posts.
The department employs 20 medical advisors in the city, and a further 300 support staff in Wales, who advise the DVLA [...]
Free anti-theft screws are being offered to motorists to stop thieves stealing car number plates.
Pc Tracy Spencer said car owners can collect a special screw from Woking police station.
She said: “These simple anti-theft devices can be easily fitted with a screwdriver but cannot be removed using standard tools.”
Surrey Police said seven number plates have been [...]
European Union data privacy regulators have told Google to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company’s legal worries in Europe.
Google should shorten the time it keeps the original photos from one year to six months, regulators also said in a letter [...]
POLICE in Exeter were on the roads yesterday to target illegal motorists.
Using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) detectors, the officers stopped vehicles in Alphington Road.
During the operation, number plates were automatically fed into the system and checked against various intelligence databases provided by the police, Crimestoppers and the DVLA.
Three cars were seized by police after [...]
