Re: "Black Box" information retention?

jim beam <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> motsco_ wrote:
>> jim beam wrote:
>> 
>>> further reading:
>>> http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>
>>> now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>> your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>> gps coordinates in real time....
>>>
>>> also:
>>> http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>> 
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>> 
>> Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
>> big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental 
>> agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>> tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>> 'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>> 
>> 'Curly'
> 
> well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too.  or 
> credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway.  or use license plate 
> reading cameras every few miles.  or have a transponder in every
> license plate and sensors in the road.  in fact, there are already
> sensors in the road in many places.  you know where there are two
> rings in the lane one after the other?  those are used to sense
> average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow. 
> putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
> of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial.  automatic
> ticket issuance is more trivial still. 
> 

I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming

light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you 
trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip 
could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read
by 
a laser scanner.)


-- 
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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