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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by bloak on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:24PM (#47978192)
In the font used for British number plates O and 0 are identical and 1 and I are identical. This link might work for an example:

https://www.dafont.com/uk-number-plate.font?text=OO01+III

Software that handles number plates needs to take account of this. Not all of it does but the glyphs being identical makes it quite clear where the responsibility lies.

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Re:Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have ... by philipwhiuk on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:18AM (#48019973)
Isn't the British solution to only allow certain combinations so this is always unambiguous?

e.g. a prior car we had was FE51 WOC - the O can't be a 0 because of the format requirements. Similarly the 1 can't be an I.

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