Infrared Scans May Regulate HOT Lanes

[JLB]

Are drivers ready to be scanned like groceries at the supermarket?

The answer will help determine whether Washington area commuters use a planned network of high-occupancy and toll lanes, which will start to take shape next year when an expansion of the Capital Beltway is to begin.
more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR2007093001654.html?nav=rss_print/asection

[JLB]

The lanes are billed as the salvation of the suffering commuter. Solo drivers will be able to buy their way around congestion, while carpoolers will ride free. But the lanes' success hinges on finding a way to differentiate between paying and nonpaying customers without stopping every vehicle to count heads.

[Green Lantern]

They should just take pictures of the cars from atop the light poles, like they do in that socialist haven Virginia.

[JLB]

They should just take pictures of the cars from atop the light poles, like they do in that socialist haven Virginia.

how do you know all this stuff? :D

[35Pete]

The lanes are billed as the salvation of the suffering commuter. Solo drivers will be able to buy their way around congestion, while carpoolers will ride free. But the lanes' success hinges on finding a way to differentiate between paying and nonpaying customers without stopping every vehicle to count heads.

All the shitty things that the "authorities" do are always billed as a great benefit to mankind.

What do you expect them to say? We're a bunch of power hungry narcisistic **** suckers that want to control and spy on you so bend over and spread your cheeks?

Nah...It's ALWAYS packaged as "Look what we're doing for you!".

I'm surprised they didn't toss in the intrinsic benefit this has to the elderly and the children.

[JLB]

All the shitty things that the "authorities" do are always billed as a great benefit to mankind.

What do you expect them to say? We're a bunch of power hungry narcisistic **** suckers that want to control and spy on you so bend over and spread your cheeks?

Nah...It's ALWAYS packaged as "Look what we're doing for you!".

I'm surprised they didn't toss in the intrinsic benefit this has to the elderly and the children.

The private companies that will build and operate the Beltway lanes have proposed using technology that would scan drivers and passengers with bursts of infrared light that detect human skin. The technology is so sophisticated that it can distinguish human faces from decoy dummies and shotgun-riding dogs, according to Ken Daley, a senior vice president at toll road operator Transurban, one of two private companies behind the Beltway project.

[35Pete]

The private companies that will build and operate the Beltway lanes have proposed using technology that would scan drivers and passengers with bursts of infrared light that detect human skin. The technology is so sophisticated that it can distinguish human faces from decoy dummies and shotgun-riding dogs, according to Ken Daley, a senior vice president at toll road operator Transurban, one of two private companies behind the Beltway project.

LMAO!!!

Infrared, huh? Well folks. That thing has what's called an LNA front-end. Want to wreck it?

When you drive under it pull over with a magnifying glass and point it at the sensor interface. Like cooking ants with a prism. Focus the sunlight on it and the front-end will overload and burn out.

Serves them right friggin spying bastards.

[JLB]

LMAO!!!

Infrared, huh? Well folks. That thing has what's called an LNA front-end. Want to wreck it?

When you drive under it pull over with a magnifying glass and point it at the sensor interface. Like cooking ants with a prism. Focus the sunlight on it and the front-end will overload and burn out.

Serves them right friggin spying bastards.

who appropriates the money for this bullshit?

[35Pete]

who appropriates the money for this bullshit?

Jack asses probably APPOINTED by politicians that were elected by morons that don't care if they get pooched in the rear by these thugs.

If this is DC then these are probably hypersocialist democrat types.

Just shows that authoritarian statism exists on both sides. Same disease, different variants.

[JLB]

Jack asses probably APPOINTED by politicians that were elected by morons that don't care if they get pooched in the rear by these thugs.

If this is DC then these are probably hypersocialist democrat types.

Just shows that authoritarian statism exists on both sides. Same disease, different variants.

how can John Q change this shit?

what's the process of getting a proposition on a ballot?

I know you gotta collect signatures what else?

[35Pete]

how can John Q change this shit?

what's the process of getting a proposition on a ballot?

I know you gotta collect signatures what else?

He can't Jlb. That's the rub. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.


Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see whats happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.


But dont be fooled by the radio
The tv or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But theyre just someone elses fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same...


America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon well stop to ponder what on earths this spell were under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

[JLB]

[QUOTE=35Pete;1786712]He can't Jlb. That's the rub. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.


Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see whats happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.


They just like spending money on stupid shit too much.

[35Pete]

[QUOTE=35Pete;1786712]He can't Jlb. That's the rub. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.


Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see whats happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.


They just like spending money on stupid shit too much.

Keep your eye on the ball here Jlb. You're close but getting off target.

More precisely. They like spending OUR money on stupid shit that gives THEM more information about us so that it's easier for THEM to control and rule US.

Get it now?

The real insult is that the bastards make us pay for our own enslavement.

There ought to be a mass execution of politicians. The tree of liberty is refreshed from time to time with the blood of TYRANTS and patriots.

[JLB]

[QUOTE=jlb51;1786723]

Keep your eye on the ball here Jlb. You're close but getting off target.

More precisely. They like spending OUR money on stupid shit that gives THEM more information about us so that it's easier for THEM to control and rule US.

Get it now?

The real insult is that the bastards make us pay for our own enslavement.

There ought to be a mass execution of politicians. The tree of liberty is refreshed from time to time with the blood of TYRANTS and patriots.

no i got all that.