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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. 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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