Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras
At one, near the M25, detections have risen from 1,000 a day to nearly 2,000 a day - while at the other, near the Eurotunnel at Folkestone, the system is flagging more than 400 a day.'It has broken us all'Sharon Gannon's son, Jason Wallis, died in a crash where hidden registration plates were involved. She believes being invisible to ANPR cameras emboldens drivers to take deadly risks.Wallis was killed in Buckinghamshire in 2023. He and his brother-in-law, Lewis Baker, had been riding their motorbikes at high speed when they both crashed into a car.
- ▪At one, near the M25, detections have risen from 1,000 a day to nearly 2,000 a day - while at the other, near the Eurotunnel at Folkestone, the system is flagging more than 400 a day.'It has broken us all'Sharon Gannon's son, Jason Wallis,
- ▪She believes being invisible to ANPR cameras emboldens drivers to take deadly risks.Wallis was killed in Buckinghamshire in 2023.
- ▪He and his brother-in-law, Lewis Baker, had been riding their motorbikes at high speed when they both crashed into a car.
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Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: What is a ghost plate?ByRahil Sheikh, BBC Panorama and India LathamPublished13 minutes agoThousands of illegal registration plates on cars and other vehicles have been detected by a new camera system currently being tested on motorways in south-east England, BBC Panorama can reveal.These plates have been adapted to avoid their…
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