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 Bikes: 2009 Ducati Monster 1100s, KTM 890R
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 Join Date: May 2003
 Location: Coulsdon, Surrey...........and hopefully Germany at some point in the future.
 Mood: I love the Monster and the KTM & I have my wife exactly where she wants me!
  
    
     Lee
 
 You need to know if it was a Camera safety van or an ANPR van doing checks for tax etc.
 
 Both these vans can read a number plate in dark conditions.  They do not use a visible flash but use pulsed infrared and three  different wave leanths to read a plate.