DGT radar 'reads number plates to check cars are insured'
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @ 1:32 AM
TRAFFIC authorities have developed a system that allows them to tell whether or not a car is insured by reading its number plate.
And it also wants to get older cars off the road, with none aged over seven by the year 2016, by launching a 'repair history record' of all vehicles registered in Spain.
The number-plate radar was launched just after Easter, and is connected to a central database which immediately shows whether a vehicle has at least third party liability insurance cover, the minimum required by law for a car to be used on the road.
Without this insurance cover, damage to another driver's vehicle, or injury or death to other road-users have to be compensated for out of the offending car-owner's pocket, and as this can often run into tens of thousands or even millions, third party cover is essential.
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