An apparatus that provides for the wireless receiving, storing and
dissemination of digital data as part of a motor vehicle license plate is
disclosed. The apparatus allows for the querying of data typically
associated with driving privileges, such as social security numbers,
insurance policy information, addresses, registration information,
driving records, driving restrictions and the like. Data would be passed
wirelessly upon receipt of a valid request signal from a law enforcement
vehicle. Such reporting is viewed as a means to reduce data entry and
eliminate errors thus freeing the law enforcement officer to perform
other duties, or perform multiple queries in the same time as it takes to
perform one in a conventional manner. Remote inputs from alarm systems
and panic buttons allow for activation of the transmitter portion to
alert law enforcement authorities of a possible crime. Such emergency
reporting can only be acknowledged and deactivated by authorized
authorities.