Here is what is happening now.
Introducing The World’s Smallest High-Resolution LPR Camera: AutoVu SharpX
So small, you can mount it discretely underneath the light bar. So powerful, you can read thousands of plates per minute, across three lanes of traffic. So advanced, you will capture the details of a vehicle faster than you can blink; day or night. There is no comparison.
Guerrilla Lawfare
Orwell was so right. Big Brother has some damn sharp eyes. Once they marry this to their computers to confirm vehicles are on record as compliant will really suck. North Carolina now has a law about covering your tag. Those dealer tag frames that cover the state name are getting folks tickets. And I think they are linking concealed carry permits to tags now. So I'm sure they would love to have a tag scanner.
They won't need road blocks to check us out anymore. All they need to do is sit on the side of the road and scan us as we go by. The computer can alert them who may not be compliant and to pull over and check down the road.
Sorry for being pessimistic. Hopefully the broke government problems will make it harder to afford this stuff.
Doc