Posted by Turby on August 3, 2008, 7:43 pm
As I was parking my bike at the beach yesterday, I saw a city police
minivan. It was slowly rolling up the street by the line of diagonal
parked cars. It stopped right in front of my space. A woman got out of
the passenger seat with a ticket book. I asked the driver if the city
had run out of meter maid scooters for the weekend. He said, "See the
cameras up above?" There were cameras mounted on all 4 corners of the
roof. "They automatically read license plates and connect to our
database. It tells us if the car is stolen, has expired registration,
and so on."
Nifty.
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Turby the Turbosurfer
Posted by Ben Kaufman on August 3, 2008, 10:08 pm
>As I was parking my bike at the beach yesterday, I saw a city police
>minivan. It was slowly rolling up the street by the line of diagonal
>parked cars. It stopped right in front of my space. A woman got out of
>the passenger seat with a ticket book. I asked the driver if the city
>had run out of meter maid scooters for the weekend. He said, "See the
>cameras up above?" There were cameras mounted on all 4 corners of the
>roof. "They automatically read license plates and connect to our
>database. It tells us if the car is stolen, has expired registration,
>and so on."
>Nifty.
And, of course, they never use the data for any other purpose. ;-)
Ben
Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on August 4, 2008, 8:26 pm
On Aug 3, 7:08 pm, Ben Kaufman <spaXm-mXe-anXd-paXy-5000-
doll...@pobox.com> wrote:
There were cameras mounted on all 4 corners of the
> >roof. "They automatically read license plates and connect to our
> >database. It tells us if the car is stolen, has expired registration,
> >and so on."
> >Nifty.
> And, of course, they never use the data for any other purpose. ;-)
You mean like for world domination or enslaving the U.S. or
something ?
My personal experiences say most law enforcement agencies are
a little short on the evil geniuses needed to get the job done.
Posted by Who Me? on August 4, 2008, 8:40 pm
> My personal experiences say most law enforcement agencies are
> a little short on the evil geniuses needed to get the job done.
So, which is more dangerous: An evil genius with power or an evil moron with
power ?? ;-)
Posted by Vito on August 5, 2008, 7:44 am
> My personal experiences say most law enforcement agencies are
> a little short on the evil geniuses needed to get the job done.
Most, yes but ever heard of J Edgar's files?
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>minivan. It was slowly rolling up the street by the line of diagonal
>parked cars. It stopped right in front of my space. A woman got out of
>the passenger seat with a ticket book. I asked the driver if the city
>had run out of meter maid scooters for the weekend. He said, "See the
>cameras up above?" There were cameras mounted on all 4 corners of the
>roof. "They automatically read license plates and connect to our
>database. It tells us if the car is stolen, has expired registration,
>and so on."
>Nifty.