Speeding Ticket......from a Satellite....WTF

[ZeusSVT]

So much for those high speed late night runs on the tollway, should this ever makes its way over here. :flaming:


http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/satellites-to-issue-speeding-tickets-from-space/

I wonder if Obama has investment interest in this company.....:hammer:

[zforce77]

Thats a crock of S**T. :bs What are the cops going to do now, spend more time at the doughnut shop. :crying:

[PUMP]

We get closer to "Big Brother is Watching" everyday.:flaming:

[Silver_2000]

Id Love to see the tech that allows them to get a readable picture of your plate from space

[dboat]

At least its only in the UK for now..

Dana

[Mark #2]

Id Love to see the tech that allows them to get a readable picture of your plate from space
Not required, GPS is in your vehicle, very easy to calculate and issue speeding tickets from space with GPS.

[Silver_2000]

Not required, GPS is in your vehicle, very easy to calculate and issue speeding tickets from space with GPS.

maybe in the future - still need to have 2 way communication from the car and tie the GPS to a driver


The system - called “SpeedSpike” - figures your average speed between two points, captures an image of your license plate and reports you if you’re going faster than the law allows. Oh, and if you’re hoping Great Britain’s notoriously gray weather will save you, you’re out of luck; the system works even when it’s cloudy or dark

[Mark #2]

maybe in the future - still need to have 2 way communication from the car and tie the GPS to a driver

Also pretty easy, as cars have blue tooth now, a chip in your drivers license connects the car to the driver and your cell phones GPS. So someone stole your car, license, and cell phone? Okay maybe, but with all the cameras at intersections and highways, easy to document a picture of you.

OT: I got another Patent awarded this week.

[L8 APEX]

Garmin locked up my Kenwood head unit from space. I thought that was pretty sneaky. I think they are pulling NAV data from units secretly.

They published a fix to unfreeze your unit but would not comment on how they locked it up. Only admitting that they do communicate with GPS devices through the sat network.

OnStar shutting your car off also creeps me out...:tex

[gbgary]

Id Love to see the tech that allows them to get a readable picture of your plate from space


clearly that's taken from one of the ground cameras.



At least its only in the UK for now..

Dana

they're in love with camera surveillance over there.

[Silver_2000]

clearly that's taken from one of the ground cameras.




they're in love with camera surveillance over there.

Im confused

If you are in range of a ground camera you would be in range of ground radar. so WHY waste Sat time ?

[dboat]

OT: I got another Patent awarded this week.

Mark, congratulations.. :tu::tu::tu:

Dana

[dboat]

OnStar shutting your car off also creeps me out...:tex

Unless its someone else that is driving it...

Dana

[Silver_2000]

OT: I got another Patent awarded this week.

Congratulations ... At some point do we start calling you " Sir "... No thats getting Knighted... :d

[Moonshine]

At some point do we start calling you " Sir

I'd rather call him Daddy. :D

+1 on the congrats.

[Mark #2]

I'd rather call him Daddy. :D

"Who's your daddy? is an expression that is commonly used as a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener"

Okay, point taken, I was being boastful.
Nerd is more fitting.

[Moonshine]

"Who's your daddy? is an expression that is commonly used as a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener"

Okay, point taken, I was being boastful.
Nerd is more fitting.

Didn't mean it that way at all. I meant it as in I'd like to be your heir. My congrats were sincere, and I'm glad you let us know. You are rightfully proud, as it is quite an accomplishment.

[Mark #2]

Didn't mean it that way at all. I meant it as in I'd like to be your heir. My congrats were sincere, and I'm glad you let us know. You are rightfully proud, as it is quite an accomplishment.

Okay, cool, but as my heir very little $$$, just a bunch of patent plaques, basketball, bowling, and racing trophies.:D

[Beaudee]

:dGPS patens/satelites are easy to beat.Just gotta have have the right software.Have a bud(retired LOL) who has the latest Pattens for Apple.I personall;y like the JAMMER where some big mouth next to you is using his phone in a public place and you can JAM him with a touch of a button:bows;) I personally want that function on my next phone.:d

[Moonshine]

Okay, cool, but as my heir very little $$$, just a bunch of patent plaques, basketball, bowling, and racing trophies.:D

You can leave the basketball and bowling trophies to somebody else. Really, it's OK, I can live without them. ;)

[99WhiteBeast]

why do they have to tie the driver to the car?- no different than a red light camera ticket or blown toll- they bill the registered owner.

I can see it in the future "This is your On Star adviser and you have been clocked at 80 in a 55 MPH Zone- we will bill the credit card on record"

[Silver_2000]

why do they have to tie the driver to the car?- no different than a red light camera ticket or blown toll- they bill the registered owner.

I can see it in the future "This is your On Star adviser and you have been clocked at 80 in a 55 MPH Zone- we will bill the credit card on record"

I misspoke
They have to get some ID number from the car. You are right doesnt have to be the driver.

I also misread the article - it uses 2 cameras on the ground to get the plate
Which still makes me wonder - Why do you need the satellite ?

[mikelemoine]

It appears that the GPS will synch the cameras' clocks. I agree, it would be easier to just mount radar cameras on telephone poles.