almost hard to believe this is legal...

BDx13 - 2-15-2007 at 02:19 PM

http://www.metacafe.com/w/426785

All your license plates are belong to us: System developed that scans plates on the fly

Posted Feb 13th 2007 2:31PM by Dan Roth
Filed under: Trends, Government/Legal, Tech

Bad guys beware, there is new technology that will hunt you down and have you singing the jailhouse blues faster than ever before. Harnessing the power of computers, the ALPR (Automatic License Plate Recognition System) allows police to be far more efficient, by no longer relying on just their sharp set of human eyes to spot suspect vehicles.

There are three cameras fitted to a police vehicle -- marked or unmarked. In the video after the jump, the vehicle is unmarked, and by just driving down the road, every plate from oncoming traffic, and cars on the side of the road (or the next lane), is logged and analyzed. There's also a side-facing camera which comes into play when cruising parking lots. The system can handle up to 3,000 plates an hour, and by making it a passive activity, it turns nabbing bad guys into something akin to playing the lottery.

The system can be anywhere and everywhere, from stationary systems to car-mounted mobile units, there is no hiding from the long arm of the law. All an officer needs to do is drive around. With the system keeping an ever-vigilant watch on all the plates and comparing them with a database of suspect plate numbers, police time is freed up, so they can go about protecting and serving. Heck, while on their way to another call, they may just get lucky and pass a vehicle that "hits", turning it into a bonus score for the day.

MyOwnWay - 2-15-2007 at 02:22 PM

Theres just no turning back.

Kid Ugly - 2-15-2007 at 03:01 PM

You're all gonna think I'm a nut for saying this, but in some way, shape or form, technology is going to ruin us for good.

And yes, I realize the irony in posting a statement like that on the internet.

XHonusWagnerX - 2-15-2007 at 03:09 PM

Jesus Christ thats a little much!

clevohardcore - 2-15-2007 at 05:43 PM

Man I have no idea what to say. It's good and bad.

JawnDiablo - 2-15-2007 at 05:50 PM

they'll never get me.
juan diablo is unstoppable.

defstarsteve - 2-15-2007 at 07:46 PM

and it's just a matter of time till we all get a personal id number that can be scanned just as easily

I really wish it would all end

you know the dark ages sucked....
shitty work, raging diseases, unhealty food and water, and horrible injustices by the government
oh wait was I talking about then or now

clevohardcore - 2-15-2007 at 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by defstarsteve
and it's just a matter of time till we all get a personal id number that can be scanned just as easily

I really wish it would all end

you know the dark ages sucked....
shitty work, raging diseases, unhealty food and water, and horrible injustices by the government
oh wait was I talking about then or now

^^^^^^^ "OOooooooohhhhhhhhh. That hurt my feelings, but the war in Iraq is going stong"

-GWB jr

Siczine.com - 2-15-2007 at 08:30 PM

Big brother is watching.

JawnDiablo - 2-15-2007 at 10:04 PM

big brother is learning

Voodoobillyman - 2-16-2007 at 09:20 AM

What if one of us on here is an agent of "the man" sent to monitor what we talk about, recording everything questionable mentioned here for future use against us once the system has beaten the Constitution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vote Giuliani in 08

defstarsteve - 2-16-2007 at 10:44 AM

Giuliani, Giuliani, Giuliani, fuck you...

they don't need an agent of the man to come here
it's all stored for them to find later

Voodoobillyman - 2-16-2007 at 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by defstarsteve
Giuliani, Giuliani, Giuliani, fuck you...

they don't need an agent of the man to come here
it's all stored for them to find later

Damn these damnfangled computers, they will incriminate us all!

Dave - 2-16-2007 at 12:34 PM

Just need a can of this shit....

STOP PHOTO COPS!