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."

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Yeah, right

[multiOSfreak]

The bill contains limited privacy provisions, but does not seem to exclude other law enforcement usage.

Yeah, right. Sure.

Coming from a state that prides itself on frequent use of capital punishment, I find this hard to believe.

Re:Remember...

[daveschroeder]

And of course since you come from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Cool! I didn't know that the University of Wisconsin was the "Wisconsin Department of Transportation"! Since, according to you, I apparently work there now, I'll be sure to get that personalized plate I always wanted.

I mean, I'm used to people on slashdot not knowing how to spell. But not knowing how to read...well, I guess that shouldn't surprise me either!

Re:A few points that need clarification:

[Pig Hogger]

While there isn't such a thing as a right to drive, there are property rights. You have the right to use your own property in what ever way you want to. This includes driving your car. Also since roads are public property, they belong to the public and as such the public have the right to use them. Of course you don't have the right to hurt people or put them in danger, even if you are using your own property.

Property rights means "the guy who owns the land makes the rules how his land is to be used". When you drive your property onto **PUBLIC ROADS** the public authority has the right and the duty to make rules on how you drive your junkheap on wheels.
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".

Why does using public roads mean you have no privacy?

Because they are (drum roll) PUBLIC!!!

You pay for the roads, why does them being public mean your rights don't apply anymore? If you are in a courthouse, can some of your rights be ignored because you are on public property?

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 isn't bad. It is a collision that is dangerous.

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.

No one has ever died from speeding; it is just hitting things with a car that kills. While speeding can be dangerous, it isn't always. There are times it is perfectly safe to speed, yet the police seem to think it is the perfect time to pull you over. If you think the police don't like giving out speeding tickets, you have never driven though Racine, WI (especially with Illinois plates). It is a bad idea to give up privacy rights in exchange for pulling over a few more of those evil speeders.

So? The police are just darwinizing-out stupid drivers.

It is pretty unethical for the government to force control over someone else's property.

It's perfectly reasonable and legal and should be expected.

License plates, this RFID thing, and black boxes are a complete violation of property rights.

"Property rights" means that you cannot be deprived of it, nor of it's enjoyment.

You wouldn't like it if you neighbor went around putting bumper stickers on your vehicles. In fact you could probably have him arrested if he did that.

This is vandalism, and as such, it is a **TOTAL** violation of property rights.

However when the government does it we seem to look away.

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.

(Reposted, account being moderated as "flamebait". Moderators, take notice: there is much more karma than mod points. If you use them unwisely, it's like if you never had any in the first place).

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