Just so you understand, License Plate Recognition (or LPR) cameras are usually a purpose-built item, that rarely shows you much else about the vehicle. They are strictly focused on the area where the plate could be expected to pass through the field-of-view. You will usually require a SECOND camera to give you an overall scene picture (in color) of the vehicle as it passes through your entrance.
LPR cameras usually have a fast shutter speed (maybe 1/500 of a second, or even faster), and are paired with an infrared source. They also have a special filter (called an LPF, or Long-Pass-Filter) over the lens to block out visible light, but allow IR light to reach the imager. This is important/necessary because license plates tend to be surrounded by bright visible lights (headlights and tail lights), which you must block out in order to avoid washing out the image. The IR source's sole purpose is to illuminate the plate, and said sources are usually fairly powerful.
The IR source needs to be strong in order to provide good light return from the plate. A powerful IR light will allow the plate to be readable at a fast shutter speed, because fast shutter-speeds reduce the effectiveness of the light. If the shutter speed is fast, that means the exposure-time is short, and thus there isn't much time for the imager to gather the light it needs to produce a usable image. In short, fast-shutter-speeds require more light, and fast shutter-speeds are necessary to catch sharp images of moving objects.
IR-illuminator manufacturers are consistently "generous" with the range of their illuminators. You never quite get the expected range, and it's even worse when you start considering LPR applications. We often tell people to cut the advertised "range" of an IR illuminator in half (eg. if it's advertised as a 50-foot range, it's really about 25 feet), but for LPR purposed, you need to cut it by 2/3. So that "75 Meter" IR source is good for maybe 25 meters for plates.
Then you need enough pixel-density in your camera's resolution to get a readable image.
I really don't recommend LPR cameras for beginners. I'd been doing cameras for years (and experimenting with them for a similar time-frame) before I did my first LPR setup, and I had to do a LOT of reading/trial-and-error before I got it dialed it.
You are probably better off hiring somebody.