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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:13:38 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew"
<prostetnic_vogon@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"simon" <simon@unikey.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:3de2ce8a$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
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>> "crofters" <crofterscan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:aruh7j$q24$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > x-no-archive: yes
>> snip
>> > also, who holds the information, and for how long? someone could easily
>> > forget a wallet, and get a police record!
>>
>> Having been with someone who did exactly that at a shell garage they fill
>in
>> an intent to pay form which gives you 7 days to pay and take a thumb print
>> which is put on the back once you go and pay the form with the thumb print
>> is given to you along with the reciept...all seems a waste of time to me
>> either you are honest and have genuinely forgotten your wallet or you
>never
>> intended to pay in the first place and a print taken like that isnt going
>to
>> do anymore good than the car reg number
>>
>>     Simon
>>
>I'm tempted to say a thumbprint is even more useless than a registration
>number, since a thumbprint is only any good if the Police already have a
>record of it, but having thought about this, it's a damn sight easier to
>obtain a false licence plate ;-)
>

There has been an experiment in ( I think ) Aberdeen  whereby anone paying
by Credit Card is asked to give a thumbprint before the transaction will
be completed . This is held until it is shown the card was not stolen . It
is then destroyed unless the card WAS stolen in which case it is handed to
the police ,otherwise it is detsroyed. Again it would only be of use if
the person providing the print had an existing criminal record although
presumably it could be matched up later if the person is subsequently
arrested .
Stuart 
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