Repo Men Using New Technology To Track Cars

Posted by kdawson on Saturday February 27, 2010 @11:02AM from the more-you-drive-the-less-intelligent-you-are dept.

kamapuaa writes "The NY Times has an article about how real-time license plate scanning is changing the car repo business. MVTRAC is one of several companies providing technology to track car license plates automatically, in order to populate private databases. This new tech is used by car repo companies to help banks or other lenders repossess cars; by police to find stolen cars or to locate ticket scofflaws; or really for whatever application MVTRAC and its competitors feel like pursuing, as the new-found industry lacks any kind of government oversight."

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Can you help me... by ak_hepcat · 2010-02-27 11:12 · Score: 3, Funny

find my internet girlfriend?
she said she went to school yesterday, but my best friend Mike who says he's in her class didn't see her at all, and that she hasn't taught class all week..

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Like the film says by BigFire · 2010-02-27 11:29 · Score: 3, Funny

"The life of a repo man is always intense."
Re:Why? by OverlordQ · 2010-02-27 11:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Then ride a bike, problem solved. I just don't see the BFD.

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