Royston the first UK town to be completely monitored by ANPR cameras

The rural Hertfordshire town of Royston is the first in the United Kingdom to have all roads leading into and out of the area completely monitored by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras.

The small market town which borders Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire, was viewed as the ideal test site for the ANPR cameras which check number plates against existing databases to flag up whether the vehicle is untaxed, uninsured or linked to crime.

It is claimed that 2,000 motorists have been arrested as a direct result of being caught my ANPR cameras nationwide. In its infancy in Royston, the cameras were used to identify and arrest four men for attempted burglary, but they remain under attack from civil liberties groups who have written to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) questioning the legality of the cameras.

Campaigners fear this type of system will eventually be rolled out nationwide to monitor drivers on a daily basis. But ANPR cameras are nothing new to the nation’s roads, with Police patrol vehicles having used this identification method for the last two decades.

ANPR cameras identify criminals and unsafe drivers, providing the missing link to owners of abandoned and stolen-recovered vehicles.

At ASM Auto Recycling our vehicle transport department has the latest technologies to enable the safe and environmentally friendly recovery of stolen-recovered vehicles.

It does not matter whether a car remains a valuable asset or not. At ASM we host a regular online salvage auction for damage-repairable cars and also provide a car recycling service for end-of-life vehicles that can be scrapped and recycled for used car parts.

Seat demonstrates the benefits of winter tyres to motorists

With the wintry weather set to wreck its havoc on the nation in the coming weeks Spanish car manufacturer Seat has moved to throw its weight behind the benefits of winter tyres to UK motorists.

TyreSafe, a non-profit organisation, has encouraged drivers to consider purchasing winter tyres to fit to their vehicles ready for the cold snap as part of October’s Tyre Safety Month.

Winter tyres offer drivers increased grip and safety when driving on wintry roads with the potential for ice and snow naturally rife.

As a result Seat has launched a campaign to place even greater emphasis on the merits of using winter tyres.

Stuart Jackson, chairman of TyreSafe, said: "For any driver concerned about their safety on the road during the winter, our advice is simple: winter weather tyres are the safest option.

"Take a look at the Seat demonstration movie and then you can make an informed choice about whether to fit them or not, but I’m sure most will agree that the results are very convincing – and the potential outcome is frightening."

Some drivers continue to drive without winter tyres and underestimate the perils of driving in the winter weather. As a result motor salvage dealers have a busy time recovering damage-repairable vehicles each and every week.

At ASM Auto Recycling we bring together some of the nation’s biggest independent motor salvage dealers and consequently we offer a host of damage-repairable vehicles at cut prices in our online salvage auction each week.

Our salvage car auction includes a variety of cars, vans and motorbikes that can be up to 50 per cent cheaper than the same model bought straight from a car dealership.