1993-08-13 - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR
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From: jon barber <jonb@isltd.insignia.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-08-13 07:32:57 UTC
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From: jon barber <jonb@isltd.insignia.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 00:32:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR
Message-ID: <3877.9308130728@panacea.insignia.co.uk>
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The Oxfordshire police force here in the UK have introduced speed
cameras. The way they work is to use radar to check oncoming cars
speeds, and if its over the limit the camera takes a picture of the
cars number plate. I guess a human back at police HQ has to do the
bit about reading the plate, and then a fixed fine is sent through
the post.
They admit that there's a lot of dummy speed camera warning signs, as
they only have 3 to cover the whole of the county. What they do is
move the cameras around every now and then.
Most regular motorists know where they are, as they're easy to see -
big grey boxes in the middle of the road.
Apparently ( I have no figures ) they've been a great success and
police are amazed at how much speeding goes on ( I'm not ).
Jon.
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- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 00:32:57 PDT) - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR - jon barber <jonb@isltd.insignia.com>
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:08:20 PDT) - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR - szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
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- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 12:02:57 PDT) - one person’s speculation is another’s insurance hike - andrew m. boardman <amb@cs.columbia.edu>
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 07:52:58 PDT) - Beepers can also be used to track you down! - A1 ray arachelian (library) <rarachel@ishara.poly.edu>
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 10:48:27 PDT) - Beepers can also be used to track you down! - karn@qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 11:12:57 PDT) - Beepers can also be used to track you down! - jet@netcom.com (J. Eric Townsend)
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 12:52:59 PDT) - Re: Beepers can also be used to track you down! - rarachel@photon.poly.edu (Aarsen Ray Arachelian)
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- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:08:26 PDT) - [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR - karn@qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 07:58:26 PDT) - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR - A1 ray arachelian (library) <rarachel@ishara.poly.edu>
- 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:08:20 PDT) - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR - szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)