One of our members here made the news....

[Smilingreen]

I was reading up about some of the new FLOCK LPR cameras that several cities in the mid-state have decided to install. They were complaining about the new LPR cameras and not being able to capture the new state license plates and the alpha numeric symbols on the new dark blue background with white numerics at night time. I read a little farther into the article and realized I recognized the name within the article. Mr Holman, you are famous! Has the state decided to do anything about it or is the camera manufacturer going to have to change their LPR technology? Interesting read. Congrats on being the expert on the subject matter!

How new Tennessee license plates appear on some LPR cameras at night

It is technology billed as helping fight crime and locating missing people. But it is still not clear whether some License Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras used by law enforcement across the state c…

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[wittaj]

Yep, talked about in a few threads. He has been interviewed and everything lol...sadly nothing has been done and more states are moving to these plates.

Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

I've noticed an issue with nighttime capture of new 2022 Tennessee license plates. The white lettering on a blue background washes out almost completely in IR light, making the plates barely readable. Has anyone encountered similar issues with other plates? I'm wondering if additional IR...

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An LPR success story

Sometimes having an LPR system definitely pays off. Here's my latest story: On June 14, I recorded a couple of catalytic converter thieves hitting my neighbor's Prius parked right across the street from me in the early hours of the morning. I uploaded my video to YouTube, posted it on...

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[Smilingreen]

Whelp....egg on my face that I didn't catch that in all of the threads. Thanks Wittaj for bringing that to my attention. I don't ever watch the local news stations, so I wouldn't have seen it there, either......

 

[wittaj]

We are all guilty of posting something already posted lol, but I wanted to point people to those threads as there is a ton of great info in them.

If anyone can get the media to pressure elected officials to make change, it will be him!

 

[TonyR]

We need to come up with a special award for people, officials and others that fail to do their homework and research before enacting sweeping changes to any in-place, effective, working process....something like a Darwin Award for Dummies. Maybe a nice plaque?

 

[wittaj]

We need to come up with a special award for people, officials and others that fail to do their homework and research before enacting sweeping changes to any in-place, effective, working process....something like a Darwin Award for Dummies. Maybe a nice plaque?

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They are so stupid they would probably tweet about it and display it proudly LOL