IBM to Help UAE Track Drivers on the Road

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, 2005 @08:02PM from the well-that's-thoughtful dept.

Mr.Bananas writes "InformationWeek reports that IBM has announced a deal with United Arab Emirates in which it would provide speed tracking devices that will automatically warn violators of traffic laws: "The telematics device will use multiple microprocessors based on IBM's Power Architecture, and will have the capability to monitor the speed of the vehicle and send out a warning if the car surpasses the posted speed limit." GeekCoffee goes on to report that tickets will be issued automatically to violators who ignore the warnings: "If the voice warning is ignored, the system would use a GSM/GPRS link to beam the car's speed, identity and location to the police so that a ticket could be issued.""

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You were never in UAE by War+Geese · 2005-04-17 00:48 · Score: 1, Redundant

In the UAE, where I have lived for the past 11 years, 1. we do not have Sultans. We have Sheikhs 2. There are many private newspapers. se4arch for Khaleej Times, Gulf News and most editions of Indian regional language papers have a set up there. 3. It is true that there are no elections, but the fact that the Govt. and the Courts are just and fair and reasonably progressive make it one of the better places in the Gulf to be. The Police are prompt and polite. 4. There are a number of private TV channels. CNN,BBC even FOX are aired in the UAE 5. This is just a tool to control traffic. Not the population So Mod the parent DOWN