[OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

[Brian Chabot]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Paul Lussier wrote:

> What good is the anti-static bag if you have to remove it to go
> through the toll booths?  
> 
>   Wed Oct 26 09:02:48 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 128
>   Wed Oct 26 09:47:10 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 91
>   ----
>   Distance: 72 miles
>   Time:     45 minutes
>   Speed:    96 MPH
> 
> Mail that speeding ticket!

Uhh... If you're on the Mass Pike, they already have the ability to do 
that.  You know that paper toll ticket? It's got a time stamp.

There are highways in Canada where they actually do this and issue the 
speeding ticket right at the exit toll.  No RFID needed.

Plus all over they have cameras.  Pointed at your license plate.  You 
know it wouldn't be too hard to use OCR and a stopwatch to catch you 
speeding through tolls.

If you're worried about it, you can take other roads, use coins for this 
trip, or (novel concept) not break the law.

Brian