SocietyThousands of illegal 'ghost plates' on vehicles revealed by new cameras

Thousands of illegal registration plates have been detected by a camera system being tested on motorways in south-east England, BBC Panorama reports. The adapted ‘ghost plates’ are designed to evade automatic number plate recognition, which supports speed-limit and low-emission-zone enforcement and helps track criminals. The plates are putting the public at risk and are too easy to obtain.