| Guardia Civil traffic patrol cars are being fitted with new licence-plate recognition technology that will enable officers to identify car insurance evaders instantly.
The kit scans a suspect's licence plate and sends the information directly to a national database developed by the Insurance Compensation Consortium to ascertain whether the vehicle is insured and whether payments are up to date.
The scheme will be unveiled later today by General Traffic Department director, Pere Navarro, and the director of the Insurance Compensation Consortium, Ignacio Macheti, at a press conference in Madrid.
Twelve cars already fitted with the system will go into service from tomorrow onwards. |
