alt Hacker NewsWhy the heck are they using both O and 0 on their license plates? Seems like a recipe for this kind of failure.
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mitthrowaway2 • yesterday at 6:30 PM
Or at least, enforce a totally unambiguous font, like slashed zero!
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Why the heck are they using both O and 0 on their license plates? Seems like a recipe for this kind of failure.
Or at least, enforce a totally unambiguous font, like slashed zero!
The cameras that they have to read plates in a lot of different conditions and various states of cleanliness. Some states allow O and some states allow 0, and some states don't care. Combine the two issues and cops get lazy and want to check the plate with both the 0 and O just to "make sure".
The cameras also confuse D and Q with 0 and O. And 5 & S, and 2 & Z, and 6 & G, and 8 & B.