'Smart' parking meters catching on across U.S.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2009-02-23-smartmeters_N.h tm Here is one more way that city officials can "track" you. If a parking meter expires, they know it, and you are ticketed promptly. I hope this doesn't come to Springfield. Doesn't anyone realize that some laws are made as a deterrent, but the original intent was probably not to punish a person every single time there is a little infraction. Examples would be running red lights, going over the time limit on a parking meter or a 2-hr. parking limit on a street, etc. The same could be true for any traffic violation. Most of these are small infractions. True, they should not be encouraged or endorsed, but to be punished via camera, satellite, and wireless networks leaves no room for error (or for grace). The article says: ". meters linked by wireless networks that can be remotely controlled and alert officers to parking violations." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
