A WARNING has been issued to 45 million drivers over a little-known number plate rule that could see you hit with a £1,000 ...

To get around these plate scanners, many drivers have turned to license plate covers to protect their information, but as drivers in New York are finding out, these covers don't usually work.

The plates cannot be Perspex or another type of plastic material, as the number plates are used in an accident to identify the vehicles involved. Perspex plates often shatter, according to Mkhwanazi.

The Coalition appears to think so: it has included automated number plate recognition (ANPR) technology in its policy to tackle crime, with a promise to protect major transport hubs: ...