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From: jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (Ka band) ...
Summary: Re: Radar Detectors (You spoke too soon!)
Keywords: radar, cops, Ka, X, K
Message-ID: <452@aablue.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 89 02:28:47 GMT
References: <603@icus.islp.ny.us> <7944@netnews.upenn.edu> <343@corpane.UUCP>
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Organization: A A Blueprint Co., Inc. - Akron
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In article <343@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: 
> [a whole bunch here deleted]
> our rights as a citizen? next thing you know they will have the cars
> themselves record how fast they are going and either:
> 
> a> limit the speed to the current speed limits (thru bar codes on the road to
> read in the speed limit, I saw this on tv. they have it in Australia as an
> experiment)
> 
> b> the car will call the cops and turn you in. then you will get a ticket
> in the mail.

Such a system already exists and is in use in certain sections of Hong Kong.
Not only can it determine your speed and through bar codes painted on the
road decide if you're speeding, it also reports where you've been and at
what time of the day you where there. Of course, they use this information
to give you your, I believe it's, monthly driving bill!

Naturally the act of disconnecting or modifying said under-car black box
is an imprisonable crime.

A couple of friends there, have received a couple of rediculous bills in 
the past five months, and the word is that the system will be Hong Kong
wide sometime next year.


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