In message , Alan
writes
In message , Martin
wrote
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 12:21:38 +0000, Alan wrote:

In message , Martin
wrote


You have the advantage of being innocent until proved guilty under
English law.

If you have enough money and time you may be able to fight the
imposition of the fine. Back in the real world, the authorities will
have a record of YOUR bin ID containing the inappropriate rubbish.

As you have pointed out the labels are easily switched and the info they have
means nothing.

If someone steals your bin (or its identity) the fines will come back
to you and no-one else.

1. ensure your bin has an identifying mark - say your house number
painted on, you'd soon know if the bin was stolen.

2. I would expect eventually that ID 'tags' would be built in to the bin
in a way that makes tampering difficult. If it's easy to remove/swap the
tag with another bin, and youa re concerned about it, then covering it
with something, giving it some sort of identifying mark etc. wouldn't be
hard.

Yes of course there are issues around this, but these sort of schemes
seem - AFAICS - to operate in some other countries successfully.


It's very much like someone cloning your car number plate - how do you
prove that you are innocent when the speeding fine drops through your
letter box.

Unless the person with the cloned plates is driving on the same routes
at the same times as you, then it shouldn't be hard to show that you
weren't where the car was
--
Chris French