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Using Cell Phones to Track Traffic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simple-and-brilliant dept.

msh210 writes "The AP has reported (with additional information from KMOX-AM) that the Missouri Dept. of Transportation will be teaming up with a private company to track in-use cell phones on Missouri highways and state roads in an effort to monitor traffic flow. Individual information will not be stored, they say -- only the aggregate will be studied, using "sophisticated" math. (See also findlaw.com's commentary on privacy concerns. "

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  1. what? by conJunk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is it just me, or does this sound like a complete waste of money? privacy concerns aside (i'm not convinced there are any), what will this accomplish that video cameras don't already do?

    so we'll use mobile phone signals to monitor traffic? seems heaps less efficient that actually looking at real traffic volume...

  2. Be careful what you assume by LaughingCoder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So then, a bus full of high school teenagers with cell phones will look like a major traffic jam?

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