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RFID for Automobile Tracking
mindless4210 writes "The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has called on four of the largest RFID manufacturers to jointly develop dedicated short-range communications technology systems for a trial as part of the agency's efforts to cut road fatalities in the U.S. by 50% within 10 years. The DSRC prototype initiative is a prerequisite for introducing new roadway applications such as issuing alerts to drivers about impending intersection collisions, rollovers, weather-related road hazards, or warning a driver that his vehicle is going too fast to safely negotiate an upcoming curve. The FCC allocated the entire 5.9 GHz band to DSRC applications some time ago, making the development much more feasible. Any DRSC system would require DRSC technology to be built into new vehicles."
How about butcher it so it is only a receiver so you get the benefits without the Asscroftian Big Brother transmitter?
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
you know, if I were rich enough, I would send every member in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches in the Federal Governement and all of the State Governements a copy of 1984, and Fahrenheit 451
That's asuming of course that they read it. Even then, it still would be one hell of a political statement!