Identified Cameras - an update

Previously I have blogged about the cameras appearing on London's main roads and was told that they were Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, purely there to enforce London's Low Emission Zone (LEZ). I didn't believe that then and I believe it less by the day. They are there to enforce road pricing and others agree, this is an extract from a comment on Iain Dale today - "It's EU policy, look it up. A trans-European lorry charging scheme is already booked in, and should be happening by 2011 if I remember rightly. have you checked those new cameras in the cpaital? My guess is that are not just for the so-called low emission zone, they are also card-readers for the road tolls. The tolling hardware is already laid on most of the motorway hard shoulders in the UK. How do you think they are going to toll Greater Manchester? The same useless 'technology' used in London?"

Road pricing is coming, the Number 10 petitioners will be ignored, we will all pay more...