the price tag for such a system with so-called intelligent license plates reported to fall between 18 and 77 billion, which, according to the investigators is not economically justifiable. In addition, the flow of information lead to concerns regarding personal privacy, reports the Swedish transport agency in a press release.

in the automotive industry, with cars becoming more advanced technologically, many of the advantages of intelligent signage systems would be able to give still can be expected to become available through the technology built into the cars right from the factory.

”in the Future, internet-connected vehicles would at the start be able to check the status against the highway code and to prevent that the driver can run away if something is unclear. We believe this is something that can become reality within a few years”, says Christofer Kärrdahl, business developer at the Swedish transport agency, in the press release.

He looks likely that such a technology initially introduced in the commercial vehicles, and vehicles in the premium segment, to then be widely available in passenger cars.