Some 84 million images of cars and their drivers are taken every day.
That means around 1,000 pictures a second are fed into a super computer that can track a car's movement and link it to its owner.
Every time a vehicle passes, a camera takes a picture of the numberplate and the driver's face.
With some 35 million vehicles registered in the UK, on average each car is "captured" almost 1,000 times a year.
Police say their Automatic Number Plate Recognition system is invaluable in preventing and solving serious crime and terror attacks.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 21, 2024 من Sunday Express.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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