The red light cameras are politics and money. The scanners I agree with until I forget to register my car. Amber alerts could be settled very quickly with this technology all over the place.

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I also believe that since it is not impeding my travel, and since I am doing nothing wrong....I have no problem with this technology. It IS simply making their jobs easier, and I am all for that. I do not see it as an invasion of privacy either.

The funny side of it is, a cop friend of mine who works in a urban city was demonstrating it to local politicians in hopes they would by it for the city. They piled everyone in a van and scanned the city parking lot. About 3/4 of the way through they got so many hits on cops and municipal employees private cars they had to shut it off! Apparently, nobody goes to inspection if you have a pba shield.

 

Running a tag will not show anything in regards to inspection.

Running a tag will not show anything in regards to inspection.

 

 

My mistake, what he said he was getting so many "hits" he had to shut it off. We just laughed and left it at that.

they also dont work...but of you want to waste your money....go right ahead. While i;ve never been petty enough to wrote someone for obstructing the plate...if i see one of those covers, i'm going to look a little harder at how the vehicle is operated.

 

This is the one my cousin has on his truck and it works pretty damn well...

 

 

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E80- you must be talking about rockaway township Pd. From what I hear the cams work great and have been able to recover multiple stolen vehicles. They normally hit the lots at the mall and that’s where it works the best.

 

It’s not so much big brother, whereas going into the state computer finding people with simple violations and paying them a visit with a summons would be.

Imagine a situation like "code Adam" where this system would come in handy. A single patrol unit would be able to search 3 or 4 full lots in 10 mins.

E80- you must be talking about rockaway township Pd. From what I hear the cams work great and have been able to recover multiple stolen vehicles. They normally hit the lots at the mall and that’s where it works the best.

 

It’s not so much big brother, whereas going into the state computer finding people with simple violations and paying them a visit with a summons would be.

Imagine a situation like "code Adam" where this system would come in handy. A single patrol unit would be able to search 3 or 4 full lots in 10 mins.

 

 

Thats them. Been traveling the same route for over 20 years. They must have just got them because this is the first time I've seen them using them. They usually sit by the arsenal nailing people jamming in at the last minute on the median or blowing that light. Pretty cool technology.

anything that allows LE greater ability to do a job with less effort is fine by me as long as it does not intrude into my personal space..

 

a cop can visually see my plate and run it.. there is no expectation of privacy.. this tool just allows them to do it in a more efficient manor.. good for them.. as pointed out.. one day that might be my recovered stolen car... the counter would be something like "allowing LE to randomly search private garages" sure.. you will find stolen cars that way as well.. but it is not OK because in a private garage there is an expectation of privacy.. I find it to be that black and white..

Philly uses it to look for repeat parking offenders. They then dispatch a tow truck. Yea and sometimes the system makes a mistake and they tow your car by accident. IIRC they still make you pay the tow fee. Saw that on Parking Wars.

Do these things alert if no plate or bogus plate? I mean, I assume it can't tell. If the human isn't looking at plates, the crafty criminal would be ignored.

Do these things alert if no plate or bogus plate? I mean, I assume it can't tell. If the human isn't looking at plates, the crafty criminal would be ignored.

 

Several of the LPR systems we tested will fill in characters it can recognize with wild cards. One of the issues in the US is all of the different states. Some of the systems can determine the state of the plate by certain features such as the layout of character font. To allow the systems greater accuracy they generally use multi-state packs designed for the state they are to be used in that will be able to distinguish plates from several contiguous states together like NY, NJ, PA or NY, CT, RI or NJ, DE, MD. If more than 50% of the plate is obscured they generally don't even trigger that it is a plate in view and simply don't try to read the characters. Some of these systems are even capable of comparing images of vehicles with its database and checking that the make, model and color of the car are correct.

they also dont work...but of you want to waste your money....go right ahead. While i;ve never been petty enough to wrote someone for obstructing the plate...if i see one of those covers, i'm going to look a little harder at how the vehicle is operated.

 

Have you ever seen anyone with one ?

Have you ever seen anyone with one ?

 

I've seen a ton of people with license plate covers. Mythbusters tested them and they don't work.

I've seen a ton of people with license plate covers. Mythbusters tested them and they don't work.

 

I was curious if he ticketed them ?

Philly uses it to look for repeat parking offenders. They then dispatch a tow truck. Yea and sometimes the system makes a mistake and they tow your car by accident. IIRC they still make you pay the tow fee. Saw that on Parking Wars.

 

 

while I am no authority I am pretty sure if you have done nothing to warrant being towed, and you are towed anyway.. that they will not be charging you for that..

Have you ever seen anyone with one ?

 

yes