{"id":8473,"date":"2024-09-11T07:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2024-09-11T07:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:29:56","slug":"no-rego-no-fuel-policy-applied-at-some-petrol-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/no-rego-no-fuel-policy-applied-at-some-petrol-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Rego-No-Fuel Policy Applied at Some Petrol Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I found this in an interesting article<\/a> on modern cars spying on you, of which I’ve had posts<\/a> car privacy before with manufacturers even getting in trouble for selling data to insurance companies who hike your rates. But I wasn’t aware of gas stations having systems that scan license plates to protect them from people driving off, as I guess they still let you pump before paying in Australia. But the not letting you fuel because of lapsed registration is a tell of where all this is heading. And of course, this is connected to a database so a record of when and where your you and your vehicle was is recorded. And I’ve made mention of how even in the states, these types of license plate readers and databases have been in use by repossession specialists and law enforcement for quite some time. Your movements aren’t that private, even if you don’t carry a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/acapmag.com.au\/2023\/05\/no-rego-no-fuel-policy-applied-at-some-petrol-stations\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By Sourced Externally<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
May 15, 2023<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Some petrol stations are enforcing a no-service policy to some customers in a move that has left drivers shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Melbourne service stations have been refusing fuel to customers trying to fill up unregistered cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Herald Sun has been told of several incidents in which drivers had been turned away under the no-rego-no-fuel policy at some service stations, or told by staff they had not paid their registration fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi-tech number plate scanning has been identifying the unregistered vehicles so staff can reject the drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That scanning is commonly used to detect cars that had previously been used for petrol drive-offs so the console operator can switch off the pump to stop a recurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using it to identify unregistered cars is not believed to be carried out as part of any joint work with VicRoads or Victoria Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some service stations can use a database called Auror, which police say is \u201ca secure Cloud-based system to assist police and retailers to work together to solve crime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One driver was shocked to be told over the PA system that he could not fill up because his registration had expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That man said he was actually relieved to find out he had not paid because his lapse would leave him liable if he had a crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce spokesman said that under the technology, drivers with expired registrations should not be denied at the pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo the best of the VACC\u2019s knowledge, which is pretty substantial, that should never happen,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever what they\u2019re doing, these systems are scraping number plate data directly to the VicRoads vehicle rego inquiry website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the car is coming up as unregistered it might come up as an alert.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technology is used to prevent fuel theft, however he said not all companies used the same technology and \u201csome of the technology used is better than others\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe number plates are shared between that network of service stations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not normally shared between companies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf that number plate presents itself at another service station after that fuel drive off, the car will have to prepay for fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VACC denied that service stations pass on any information collected at service stations to the police or VicRoads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Victoria Police spokesman said Auror involved the use of CCTV and automated number plate recognition technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPolice primarily use the system to help identify suspects and vehicles when a theft occurs at the retailer\u2019s premises,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extracted in full from: No-rego-no-fuel policy: Why Melbourne petrol stations are turning drivers away | Herald Sun<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found this in an interesting article on modern cars spying on you, of which I’ve had posts car privacy before with manufacturers even getting in trouble for selling data to insurance companies who hike your rates. But I wasn’t aware of gas stations having systems that scan license plates to protect them from people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8476,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473\/revisions\/8476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}