Editing Traffic enforcement camera (section)

===Number-plate recognition systems===
{{Main|Automatic number-plate recognition}}
[[Automatic number-plate recognition]] can be used for purposes unrelated to enforcement of traffic rules.<ref name="misuse">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_movement_database/|title=Gatso 2: rollout of UK's '24x7 vehicle movement database' begins|website=The Register|date=2005-09-15|access-date=2008-10-14|author=John Lettice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009022454/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_movement_database/|archive-date=2008-10-09}}</ref>

The world's first all-weather, 24-hour, automatic number plate recognition system SAFE-T-CAM was developed in Australia for the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) by Telstra as the prime contractor and ICONIX and CSIRO as sub-contractors in 1991. In [[Australia]]'s SAFE-T-CAM system, ANPR technology is used to monitor long-distance [[truck]] drivers to detect avoidance of legally prescribed driver rest periods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/heavyvehicles/safety/speeding/safetcam/index.html|title=Safe-T-Cam|publisher=[[Roads & Traffic Authority]]|access-date=2008-05-31|date=May 29, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414164209/http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/heavyvehicles/safety/speeding/safetcam/index.html|archive-date=April 14, 2008}}</ref>

The [[Automatic number-plate recognition in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom's police ANPR system]] logs all the vehicles passing particular points in the national road network, allowing authorities to track the movement of vehicles and individuals across the country.<ref name="Project Laser">{{cite web
 |publisher   = [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]
 |date        = 2005-03-22
 |url         = http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/news/PRDisplay.asp?PR_GUID={D62EF0B0-2549-43F2-A05F-B6A841B32682}
 |title       = Launch of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Strategy for the Police Service – 2005/2008
 |access-date  = 2007-09-12
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701083038/http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/news/PRDisplay.asp?PR_GUID=%7BD62EF0B0-2549-43F2-A05F-B6A841B32682%7D
 |archive-date = 2007-07-01
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=The Register|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/15/anpr_five_years/|title=Vehicle spy-cam data to be held for five years|author=Chris Williams|date=2008-09-15|access-date=2008-10-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018214239/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/15/anpr_five_years/|archive-date=2008-10-18}}</ref>

In the UK, 80-year-old pensioner John Catt and his daughter Linda were stopped by [[City of London Police]] while driving in [[London]] in 2005. They had their vehicle searched under section 44 of the [[Terrorism Act 2000]] and were threatened with arrest if they refused to answer questions. After they complained formally, it was discovered they were stopped when their car was picked up by the roadside [[Automatic number-plate recognition in the United Kingdom|ANPR CCTV cameras]]; it had been flagged in the [[Police National Computer]] database when they were seen near [[Criticism of EDO Corporation#Protest in the UK|EDO MBM demonstrations]] in [[Brighton]]. Critics {{who|date=February 2014}} say that the Catts had been suspected of no crime, however, the police ANPR system led to them being [[Association fallacy|targeted due to their association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news625.htm|title=SchNEWS 625 - Sussex Police try to close down Smash EDO film, Big Brother Britain, Depleted Uranium raid, and more...|website=Schnews.org.uk|access-date=2016-06-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415114426/http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news625.htm|archive-date=2016-04-15}}</ref>