rbw wrote:
Karl Cunningham wrote:
On 7/31/2007 3:12 PM, Richard Reynolds wrote:
Especially if it's just looking for the right color tag on the correct
location on the license plate. That's technology taking care of a
tedious and boring job.
IF it were looking for the tag, tags have rarely been effective
My description wasn't clear. It was decoding the plate numbers and
running it against the DMV database. Primarily looking for expired
registration, and they said they occasionally would find a stolen car
or one wanted for something else.
Karl
I'm wondering when they will RFID the tags that go on our plates in
the same fashion tech wise that EZ-Pass works for highway tolls where
you can fly through the toll booth at full speed and the paid-up toll
device gets ID'd and debited as you fly by. With automation like that
the data is already used in court cases to establish or verify parts
of the facts in question. More remote automated devices could
potentially track every vehicle at every signal/stop/traffic sign out
there... or where ever...
Good grief... I'm going to go get another twinky ;^)
rbw
Speaking of data from EZ-Pass being used for a completely different
purpose to nail someone...
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_222140553.html
rbw
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