Brit License Plates Get Chipped

Since New Labour seems to be slowing down on getting everybody to carry a microchip with all of their details everywhere they go they have decided to go for the easier option of extending the idnetification on all cars (there being no public transport system worth a damn in order to avoid them) tracking chips are to be added to license plates:

"The British government is preparing to test new high-tech license plates containing microchips capable of transmitting unique vehicle identification numbers and other data to readers more than 300 feet away."

Perfect for the a new breed of speed camera which don't have to announce their presence by actually being by the road side, so greatly increasing their revenue collect ability. Which is all speed cameras are about anyway. As stealth tax, with no positive impact on accident levels and no public support as The Englishman over at The Englishman's Castle says about a different case involving speed cameras "you [the govenment] lost keeping the public 'on your side' a long time ago".