Prestige left hand drive vehicles 23
Jan
Posted by SMills in Car Information on 01 23rd, 2010

The type of car you drive has always been a guide on your status and standing with prestigious cars like Aston Martin, Bentley and Rolls Royce often showing large amounts of wealth. A few decades ago you would rarely see such cars however some of the most prestigious models can be seen quite often parked on the high street.

Footballers especially are frequently spotted in the top of the range Mercedes, BMW or Audi but then it’s another level of wealth that get to drive the dream in cars such as the Bugatti Veyron or the Ferrari Enzo.

If you like your cars with high standards of style and a European taste its worth while checking out left hand drive vehicles as many cars produced on the continent come with much higher specifications and those built in left hand drive cars London are much cheaper than right hand drive vehicles, meaning you can splash out on extra features to complete your driving experience.

There are only a few places where you can get such a vehicle and unsurprisingly it’s in the capital where driving a supercar is the norm, if you visit a left hand drive vehicle London dealership you will receive a personal and private service with a wide choice of exquisite vehicles to choose from. Purchasing from such a specialist in left hand drive you can rest assured all requirements will be met so it leaves nothing for you to worry about.



What is Automatic Number Plate Recognition? 11
Jan
Posted by SMills in Car Information, Number Plate Information on 01 11th, 2010

Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) has been in operation throughout the United Kingdom’s CCTV network for several years. This technology is used on motorways, busy roads and petrol station forecourts.

All of the information collected from the ANPR cameras is stored at the National ANPR Data Centre, which is based alongside the Police National Computer, at Hendon, in North London. Details of every vehicle recorded by an ANPR camera are stored on the database for five years. This includes the exact date, time and location of the vehicle.

These records are crosschecked against the Police National Computer for sightings of any vehicle that is of interest to the police in connection with known or suspected involvement in criminal behaviour. The data can also be used to identify vehicles that are being driven without valid insurance, road tax or MOT certificate.

The National ANPR Data Centre has the facilities to data mine. This means that software can trawl through all the data collected from the cameras to identify any patterns that are of interest. This software can produce intelligence based on the movements of a specific vehicle or it can locate cloned vehicles by identifying an impossibly rapid journey.

The Chief Constable of Hertfordshire, Frank Whiteley, is the national lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers ANPR Steering Group. Speaking on the subject of ANPR, he said, “We can use ANPR on investigations or we can use it in a proactive, intelligence way. Things like building up the lifestyle of criminals, where they are going to be at certain times. We seek to link the criminal to the vehicle through intelligence. Vehicles moving on the roads are open to police scrutiny at any time. The Road Traffic Act gives us the right to stop vehicles at any time for any purpose.”



Finding a left hand drive car in London 7
Dec
Posted by SMills in Car Information on 12 7th, 2009

You wouldn’t go to a DIY store to buy the Sunday roast, so why would you not go to someone who specialises in supplying and maintaining left hand drive cars in London and the Home Counties. Not only will you get a good deal from the left hand drive car specialist, he will be able to help with important details such as insurance. Insuring your left hand drive car does not have to be more expensive that a right hand drive car, there are insurers that the left hand drive cars London retailer can put you in touch with, going to your regular insurance company may not be the right way to go.

Your left hand car dealer will save you money in other ways too, by using his services it is almost certain that the left hand drive car will cost you less money, you will save hard earned cash buying through the left hand drive cars London specialist as he knows where to source the best cars. You will get a far better choice through the specialist dealer, it won’t be a one off sale for him, that’s what he does, he retails these cars. So no matter what your choice may be, family car, prestige, manual or automatic, use a left hand cars London retailer, you will not regret it.