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VIDEO: Big Brother takes to the roads

Registration recognition: The introduction of new police surveillance technology will require a balance to be struck between powers of detection and privacy rights, finds Damien Henderson.

It is a technological leap forward that will soon see the majority of car journeys in and between major cities clocked by police, giving officers hitherto undreamed-of powers to detect suspects.