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In Brazil, All Vehicles Must Have Radio IDs By 2014

Posted by timothy on from the cross-their-heart-and-hope-to-die dept.

morcego writes "Brazil's National Traffic Council (CNT) published Friday a resolution that institutes the National System of Automatic Vehicle Identification (Siniav). According to the Q&A published (Google translation from Portuguese), only 'visible and public' information will be available (vehicle year or fabrication, make, model, combustible, engine power and license plate number), without any personal information about the owner or registration data. This system will be mandatory for all vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc) and should cost vehicle owners approximately R$5 (less than US$3)."

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  1. certainly much simpler than by gl4ss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    certainly much simpler than spending gazillion dollars on cameras with ocr for the plates, like what's being rolled out in western world.

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    1. Re:certainly much simpler than by gtirloni · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't want to disappoint you but Brazil is pretty much in the "western world" too. And it has lots of cameras with license plate reading tech for speeding tickets, etc.

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    2. Re:certainly much simpler than by SourceFrog · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Why yes, I'm all for more efficient methods for re-creating 1984.

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    3. Re:certainly much simpler than by __aaltlg1547 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      By any reasonable definition Brazil is western. European language, Christian major religions, colonized from the east by people from Europe. IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Western does not mean "wealthy."

  2. Re:for what purpose? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A national toll road system can be setup now. Tolls can be made billable to the vehicle OWNER since they have the license plate number..

  3. License plate /= registration data? by LaZZaR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This means you are trackable.

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    1. Re:License plate /= registration data? by gtirloni · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Not exactly 100% efficient since the _car_ is trackable but I get the point. Same thing with your cellphone though.

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    2. Re:License plate /= registration data? by Cornwallis · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Bingo. All the previous posters are wrong. This is the *only* purpose.

  4. For people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think it will not be long before it will be mandatory for persons as well here (Netherlands).
    They are now putting fingerprints and other biometric parameters in your passport and identity card, and it is mandatory to carry it whenever you are outdoors.
    The next step will be to implant the RFID chip.
    It is now being tested with pet animals, next will probably be farm animals, and when this does not cause any obvious health problems you will be required to have a chip implanted with your identifying information.

    All for the sake of the war on terrorism.