Police are getting new license plate recognition technology - Video inside

DaNd4Speed said:

Very true...that's what this country is all about.

I'm pretty bummed out, I just found out that there's no Santa Claus. My parents LIED to me all these years....or was it Bush?

Merry Christmas to you as well!

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WHAT?? NO SANTA? WTF?

Bush hates Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, both of you are right ... that's what Americans need to understand. There is no such thing as right or wrong (in terms of debating views/opinions). TWO people with opposing views can both be 'right'. The bottom line is that we are just pieces of meat with neurons firing so arguing over stuff we have no control over is pointless. My 2 lincolns.


Merry X-mas to all you foolz.

back to the topic.. which bush has NOTHING to do with, i think its a good idea and just there in the video it proved its value capturing an armed robber. i dont see anything wrong with that.

bakos24 said:

We have that here in OH. They are yellow, so at night if you see one stay away.

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My buddy and I call those "Party Plates"


Follow that guy to the party!!!

darkhorse02]Yep said:

Oh yeah, it was part of our Constitution.

This procedure, part of English common law, was considered important enough to be specifically mentioned in the United States Constitution, which says, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." (Article One, section nine).

I guess that doesn't really matter though huh.

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you're implying that terrorists are U.S. citizens. The Constitution protects U.S. citizens only! not foreigners, terrorists, POWs or illegals. thanks for playing though

speedfreak98r said:

He said un-insured vehicles twice when he was naming off what they download..

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Good because people shouldn't be driving without insurance

This is a good thing as long as they don't abuse it IMO

I don't really see this as any loss of privacy in any significant way... though I wish the public had some kind of tangible benefit (safety, less tax, etc) from them implementing it.

1) The whole point of having a license plate on your car is so that it can be uniquely identified, and

2) The system can probably be defeated by any of the means people use for photo radar, such as never washing the back of your car, or having a cloudy license plate "protector" (aka "obfuscator") on it.

Personally, I've always thought it would be sort of handy for purposes of recovering stolen vehicles, getting the license plate of the so-and-so that just cut you off, etc.

It seems this, as with many recent "privacy" issues, illustrates another situation where technology is just overcoming the inconvenience of of a task people "assume" others are too lazy to do manually. For example, in Oregon, the DMV got yelled at for selling CDs of all license plate info in the state. The argument was that someone could cruise the airport parking lot, look up the plate of a lexus or porsche, and find out whose houses to rob. Well, there's not really any reason they couldn't have done that before, it's just a matter of less accountability/traceability, less immediacy, and less inconvenience.

Unfortunately part of the cost of living in the information age is that information is ever-more-readily available -- to the good guys as well as the bad guys. To a certain extent, the good guys currently are the only people who can afford it, but I'm sure wealthy criminals will soon, and then who would you prefer to have the data? Because as with guns and everything else, criminals will always be able to do stuff like that (see also: identity theft), regardless of what laws might be in place.

darkhorse02 said:

Yep, and once they label you a terrotist (Patriot Act) which they can do.
Then this applies.

Oh yeah, it was part of our Constitution.

This procedure, part of English common law, was considered important enough to be specifically mentioned in the United States Constitution, which says, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." (Article One, section nine).

I guess that doesn't really matter though huh.

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i agree with what your saying. IF the gov wanted to whats stopping them from picking you up, labeling you a terrorist and holding you in custody for however long they wanted while you couldnt contact anyone. Its scary how far bush has taken things and i dont see it getting any better, atleast not untill hes out of office

LaserRed01GT said:

I do not believe that any of this new police technology in any way infringes on our Civil Liberties/Rights. Now when they start requiring all citizens to place microscopic RFID transponders under our skin, then I'll reevaluate my position.

Until then I will gladly continue to pay taxes so that my family can have the protection of the police department and fire department, so that children have the oppurtunity to go to school, so that our courts and jails have the means to put scumbags away, so that our social services have the capacity to help those who truly need it, so that I have a public road in which to drive on so that I may go to work and earn the money to work on my cars, and so that our military can go out and kick the asses of any of those who are willing to, at any cost, take away these very things from us.

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As for the RFID tags ... I've read that relatively soon, they will be in grocery stores. So the goods come into the store with tags on them, people buy them and don't even pay, it just comes out of their bank account (items are scanned as they walk by) and the tags will tell you when you need to get more milk and all types of crazy ****. When that day comes, it will cross the privacy line.

The plate thingy in the video is a good thing assuming that cops are only going to use it for the purposes he mentioned. If they are going to ride around and have their cameras take pictures of everyone speeding and mail tickets or some trash, that's too much. I don't even think it should be illegal to speed unless you are driving wild/reckless, etc... That's off topic too. Bottom line as I see it, their time can be better spent; go catch robbers, killers, ensure safety for neighborhoods by patrolling, and so on. Riding around with cameras taking pictures of peoples' lisense plates to determine if they are legal or not is just a way to make some money (not in all cases of course).

Don't get me wrong, I see the benefits too but it's always good to look at all possibilities of everything.