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Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.
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Thousands of illegal ‘ghost plates’ have been detected by new UK cameras, including during a police operation in Birmingham.
Ghost registration plates are invisible to traditional automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras and can be used to skirt speed limits and low emission zones.
Thousands of illegal "ghost" number plates are being detected across British motorways by new camera technology, as the government prepares tougher laws allowing police to seize offending vehicles on the spot. | The latest National and International News - upday News