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

[Andrew W. Gaunt]

Perhaps having more than one EZ pass thingy could be used to stump
the system. Use one for getting onto the toll road, the other for gettting
off (using static bags or whatever to keep the one active and the other
inactive). Presumably the system would not be smart enough to link the
the two EZ pass thingys being used this way.  I don't have one of
them, so I don't know what the potential drawabacks are.

BTW - If a ticket were to be issued based on EZ pass data
how would it proved absolutely that the person who owns the EZ pass
was the person driving whatever vehicle was going over the speed
limit.Perhaps there are more than one dirver, perhaps the car or pass
is being loaned out to a friend.

Doesn't  there need to be some kind of indisputable evidence that
the person being given a speeding ticket is the person who is
in control of the speeding vehicle at the time? I suppose cameras
could be used in conjunction with EZ pass thingys to verify the
driver along every stretch of road (because drivers can alternate)
but one could simply simply wear a latex penguin (linux theme)
mask while driving to remain unrecognizable -- or is there a law
against that too.


Brian Chabot wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Paul Lussier wrote:
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>>What good is the anti-static bag if you have to remove it to go
>>through the toll booths?  
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>>  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
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>>  Distance: 72 miles
>>  Time:     45 minutes
>>  Speed:    96 MPH
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>>Mail that speeding ticket!
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>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.
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>There are highways in Canada where they actually do this and issue the 
>speeding ticket right at the exit toll.  No RFID needed.
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>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.
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>If you're worried about it, you can take other roads, use coins for this 
>trip, or (novel concept) not break the law.
>
>Brian
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