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Texas Considers Putting RFID Tags in All Cars
An anonymous reader submits "In section 601.507 of Texas HB 2893, the Texas Legislature is considering replacing all vehicle inspection stickers with RFID tags. The legislation also makes provision for the government to use the devices for insurance enforcement. The bill contains limited privacy provisions, but does not seem to exclude other law enforcement usage."
No, he'll say the state already is illegally forcing people into "camps" (e.g. Guantanamo). And they're doing it secretly and without oversight. And he'll say that he can't save any outrage for when someone proposes his scheme, because, of course, the government will also implement that secretly and without oversight. And possibly, for good measure, that this is just all part of the great march (executed by neocons, of course) to erode our privacies, or get us used to privacy-invading technology, so that the government can control us a la 1984.
So, if you can't read between the lines, it means "NO, DOMEHEAD, YOU CAN'T USE THAT THING THE WAY YOU WANT IT WHILE YOU'RE ON MY PROPERTY". Because they are (drum roll) PUBLIC!!! What rights are being ignored? Your privacy rights? YOU CAN'T HAVE PRIVACY WHILE IN PUBLIC!!! So, people will expect that, while in public, you behave properly, which means that you don't run red lights, fuck your mother or give a blowjob to your boyfriend. Speeding make collisions more likely and dangerous. Human reaction time means that less time will be available to avoid a collision, and energy being proportional to the square of the speed means that more energy will be available to wreak havoc during a collision.
So, yes, speeding is *** DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD *** because it makes more damage. So? The police are just darwinizing-out stupid drivers. It's perfectly reasonable and legal and should be expected. "Property rights" means that you cannot be deprived of it, nor of it's enjoyment. This is vandalism, and as such, it is a **TOTAL** violation of property rights. You mean "licence plates"? The government can very well decide what to expect of people who are using **HIS** property, say, public roads.
You run a swanky restaurant or a bar, and you have every right to force patrons to wear a coat and tie, just as the government has the right to say that you have to be licensed to drive on it's roads.
Now, go to bed, you're just a little pup troll who's way pas his bed-wetting time.
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I may have the wrong number but I believe it's the 5th amendment that is supposed to protect you from self incrimination. Given I hate people that do not carry insurance but Rights are Rights. And before you pull that privelage crap if you give up one right for the privelage of driving what would be next. You cant carry a gun in your car if driving on a public street or something equally assinine.
These systems are set up with monster databases that track "users" of the system. If you really think that you could be wanted by the FBI and have one of these toll devices and not get caught, your are either lying or are an idiot.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
The tags could be easily abused to monitor speeding, but they are not.
Abused? When you are driving on PUBLIC roads, you have no expectation of privacy from civilians or government. Further, driving on PUBLIC roads requires you to obey the LAWS the PUBLIC decided on. The public has demanded that when individuals decide to break speed limits, they are to be punished.
Personally, I invite automated ticketing of those who violate the speed limit. Maybe that financial burden will finally convince people to drive at more uniform speeds, instead of the completely irresponsible (and unnecessary) speeding I see all over Dallas and Houston.
If you speed and an officer does not see you, you are still speeding, and you still deserve a ticket.