Richard Cheese Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems that the canuks have developed a camera/computer system that reads and records every license plate of every car that passes by a patrol car. It automatically compares those plates against a database of plates of interest and can alert the officer if a car going by is stolen, uninusred or otherwise in need of 'attention'. To me it is a horribly intrusive technology. Of course, there are those that say, if you got nothing to hide, you got nothing to fear. But I for one do not want the police or goverment having a record of where I was driving, or where I parked my car. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandBox_Kid Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I'm in technology, but I say Big Brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Casinos in Vegas have had this technology in place since pre 9/11. LPR was used to in the apprehension of a known terrorist at a casino right after 9/11. It's a great system if used correctly and with good intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp-guy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 It gets done at the border crossings as well. It is good info for me before I stop a car. Finding out if it is stolen, when it last crossed, who owns it...etc.... So I am all for this type of technology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDuner Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems that the canuks have developed a camera/computer system that reads and records every license plate of every car that passes by a patrol car. It automatically compares those plates against a database of plates of interest and can alert the officer if a car going by is stolen, uninusred or otherwise in need of 'attention'. To me it is a horribly intrusive technology. Of course, there are those that say, if you got nothing to hide, you got nothing to fear. But I for one do not want the police or goverment having a record of where I was driving, or where I parked my car. What do you think? Watch the video I posted about taxes, it get into scanning and freedom. Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don29palms Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Has anyone ever heard of privacy? My rights as a born AMERICAN citizen are rapidly being taken away every day by the people that are sworn in to protect those rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 It gets done at the border crossings as well. It is good info for me before I stop a car. Finding out if it is stolen, when it last crossed, who owns it...etc.... So I am all for this type of technology Has anyone ever heard of privacy? My rights as a born AMERICAN citizen are rapidly being taken away every day by the people that are sworn in to protect those rights. Wow, good point Don and I hear you. But for security purposes it's better to loose parts of your rights than your life. It's gettin' crazy out there. I'd rather law enforcement know who all of us are than none of us. Just my thoughts. As much as I know about this subject I'll agree with Tim (bpguy) for now. Learn me more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don29palms Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Wow, good point Don and I hear you. But for security purposes it's better to loose parts of your rights than your life. It's gettin' crazy out there. I'd rather law enforcement know who all of us are than none of us. Just my thoughts. As much as I know about this subject I'll agree with Tim (bpguy) for now. Learn me more. I understand but the fact is if you keep giving up your rights pretty soon you will have no more rights to give up. This is great technology if used properly but the fact is that it can and WILL be misused. Law enforcement is a tough job but there are more and more abuses of force reported everyday by over zealous LEOs. The LEOs are scared out there and I don't blame them. They keep having to arrest the same criminals over and over because the courts won't do their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas style Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) im with Don on this i have given up too many rights already and know how the government screws people over wrongly all the time. if it can be abused it will be. i will give up some safety and security for my freedom. cheese what up in one post you are calling for hard a$$ LEOs at the dunes with no tolerance and now your saying you don't want police looking at everybody they pass..... flip flopping like a politician are you running for office? Edited August 3, 2007 by vegas style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 im with Don on this i have given up too many rights already and know how the government screws people over wrongly all the time. if it can be abused it will be. i will give up some safety and security for my freedom. cheese what up in one post you are calling for hard a$$ LEOs at the dunes with no tolerance and now your saying you don't want police looking at everybody they pass..... flip flopping like a politician are you running for office? i just said it was horribly intrusive....not that I was against it or anything....i just wanted to present it down the middle, and let people choose sides......didn't mean to appear on one side or the other, as it is a double sided issue..........freedoms VS safety..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadracer Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I dont think its a bad idea,It does invade our privacy but also helps find the a$$hats that are effed up or even yet stolen cars that are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Edgy Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Is it true that if you spray hairspray / Aquanet all over your tags that photo scanners cannot read them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDuner Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 When you loose your rights, they are lost forever. I will take the 1 in 20,000,000 shot that I will be killed by a terrorist. I'm a bettin man, and i really like those odds. I'm just wandering how many rights we have gained recently. When I say recently, I mean in the last 100 years or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp-guy Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 The hairspray thing will not work on your plates. This is a touchy subject and I see both sides on this one but let me vent one thing ok? Like others have said- if your not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. And what about the people that put those things over their plates to fool the camera's? If you don't want a ticket then STOP at the red light! Is it worth the fine to arrive 5 minutes ahead of schedule? Also a possible car crash if you run it. Everyone wants better law enforcement but they complain when the laws get enforced against THEM! I know I do! But just because I am in law I don't expect to get let off, sure I let them know who I am but it is their descretion as to what they do from that point on. This is a valuable tool and helps way too many to prepared in the event of something bad might happen, i.e. stolen car... I also learn where the car is registered from. So say I work in Tecate,Ca which is 45 minutes east of San Diego in the Mountains and I run a plate that comes back from Sacramento. Is that enough to pull over a car? NO, but it is a building block for me to add to if I see a valid reason to pull it over. Why are you out in the middle of no-where driving a car that can easily hold 10-15 illegals and you live in Sacramento? I have to be able to articulate to the judge why I did what I did or it all get flushed and he walks!!! I know that had nothing to do with the scanning of the plates but if that same stolen car enters the United States from Mexico it gets scanned and an alert is immediately put out and we are in the immediate vecinity to look for this car and pull it over. What if it's your car. I bet you would like to get it back and if the scanner helped out you would be for it. OK I am going to cut my grass now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas style Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 sorry tim dosent sway me a bit. in fact it is more of a reason not to have something like that. this is america and i shouldnd be a suspect just because im not from the area. i have my own issues with the BP and the homeland scam. and im not willing to give the man anymore of my rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp-guy Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) sorry tim dosent sway me a bit. in fact it is more of a reason not to have something like that. this is america and i shouldnd be a suspect just because im not from the area. i have my own issues with the BP and the homeland scam. and im not willing to give the man anymore of my rights. Vegas Style- Thats cool we are all entitled to our opinions here. If I may ask what are your issues? you can PM me if you want to on this one. Edited August 6, 2007 by bpguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas style Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Tim we have met I don't know if you remember you met a lot of people that weekend. your a nice guy and I have nothing personal against you. I wanted you to know that I wasn't getting on you. its more the whole government has started to turn against the people not for the people. 9/11 seems to have been what it took for people to let the government erode our rights. we are not too far from a national ID card we will have to show every time we move through the country or have to present it to every LEO no matter what you are doing or going. brings to mind the communists checking your papers in the old USSR. that seems so over the top but everything we give up is one step toward something like that. they are already watching library books, the Internet, the mail, and wiretapping. and that's from current news stories. that doesn't seem like the home of the free to me. so adding plate scanners that read and record every time you drive by a spot or a LEO seems over the line. LEO's have the ability to call or type in anybody that they are suspicious of and get all the info you need. :no_no: next campfire were at tim i will tell you a BP story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don29palms Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Tim we have met I don't know if you remember you met a lot of people that weekend. your a nice guy and I have nothing personal against you. I wanted you to know that I wasn't getting on you. its more the whole government has started to turn against the people not for the people. 9/11 seems to have been what it took for people to let the government erode our rights. we are not too far from a national ID card we will have to show every time we move through the country or have to present it to every LEO no matter what you are doing or going. brings to mind the communists checking your papers in the old USSR. that seems so over the top but everything we give up is one step toward something like that. they are already watching library books, the Internet, the mail, and wiretapping. and that's from current news stories. that doesn't seem like the home of the free to me. so adding plate scanners that read and record every time you drive by a spot or a LEO seems over the line. LEO's have the ability to call or type in anybody that they are suspicious of and get all the info you need. next campfire were at tim i will tell you a BP story I agree Steve. that's the point I was trying to make but I'm not that articulate. :worthless_without_pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I agree Steve. that's the point I was trying to make but I'm not that articulate. hey at least you knew how to use the word "articulate" correctly in a sentence! :worthless_without_pics: You gotta give yourself a for that. :porn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don29palms Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 hey at least you knew how to use the word "articulate" correctly in a sentence! :worthless_without_pics: You gotta give yourself a for that. :porn: Did I spell it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Did I spell it right? yes, Don. You did. I was just clowning on ya. :worthless_without_pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp-guy Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Tim we have met I don't know if you remember you met a lot of people that weekend. your a nice guy and I have nothing personal against you. I wanted you to know that I wasn't getting on you. its more the whole government has started to turn against the people not for the people. 9/11 seems to have been what it took for people to let the government erode our rights. we are not too far from a national ID card we will have to show every time we move through the country or have to present it to every LEO no matter what you are doing or going. brings to mind the communists checking your papers in the old USSR. that seems so over the top but everything we give up is one step toward something like that. they are already watching library books, the Internet, the mail, and wiretapping. and that's from current news stories. that doesn't seem like the home of the free to me. so adding plate scanners that read and record every time you drive by a spot or a LEO seems over the line. LEO's have the ability to call or type in anybody that they are suspicious of and get all the info you need. next campfire were at tim i will tell you a BP story :worthless_without_pics: I know it is not a personal attack towards me. the system has many faults and it will never be perfect. And Dunefreak- did I not use articulate in the proper form? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I know it is not a personal attack towards me. the system has many faults and it will never be perfect. And Dunefreak- did I not use articulate in the proper form? lol When did you use it? :worthless_without_pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don29palms Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 yes, Don. You did. I was just clowning on ya. :worthless_without_pics: I is smart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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