process by which Detection Equipment electronically “consults” passing vehicles for an identity and compares them against a database of stolen vehicles

this function allows the unequivocal identification of a vehicle as being the Registered Stolen Vehicle; this may be by means of a secure process that allows the unique vehicle data to be read e.g. VIN, registration number, and other data, e.g. theft status, model, colour and if relevant, position

the process necessarily begins with the theft of the vehicle; following theft or suspected theft, the first possible function is to indicate that a theft of a vehicle has occurred; following this, the status of the target vehicle, i.e., whether the target vehicle has been stolen or not, shall be confirmed by the user or by other appropriate personnel and this status shall then be acknowledged by a LEA; this then becomes a Registered Stolen Vehicle

the interface between the OBE and other ATSVR equipment over short distances, typically less than 100 metres