1993-08-13 - Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR

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From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
To: jonb@isltd.insignia.com (jon barber)
Message Hash: 8604d571e085fb720b77406c8466b75a6a4a90e699fb39e0258fd0c3abc4f26b
Message ID: <9308130806.AA01571@netcom4.netcom.com>
Reply To: <3877.9308130728@panacea.insignia.co.uk>
UTC Datetime: 1993-08-13 08:08:20 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:08:20 PDT

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From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:08:20 PDT
To: jonb@isltd.insignia.com (jon barber)
Subject: Re: [uk.transport] Speed Camera with OCR
In-Reply-To: <3877.9308130728@panacea.insignia.co.uk>
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They tried robot-photo speeding tickets in Pasadena, California a 
few years ago, but I understand the judge threw out all the 
challenged tickets and they discontinued the practice.  We might
see automatic tickets reincarnated a few years hence when the highway 
starts reading bar codes on our cars.  Then you'll get a ticket
if you arrive at your destination sooner than is deemed
proper!  Bar code forgery might become popular (and necessary
for those of us who don't want government dossiers of every trip
we make).

Nick Szabo				szabo@netcom.com

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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)
    • 1993-08-13 (Fri, 13 Aug 93 01:32:56 PDT) - T R A F F I C C I T A T I O N - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
      • 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)
  • 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>