Satellites Will Be Used to Catch You Speeding

[manicminer]

Hahaha, you guys crack me up. The camera has a GPS receiver in it that tells it where the camera is located to around 5 feet, the camera also has a computer with the ANPR software on it to read number plates. The camera takes a picture of the car and driver at that position and records the GPS time. This is fed into a central database via 3G where a server runs through the log at periodic intervals looking to see if that vehicle went through another camera faster than the allowable speed limit between those points. Theoretically, all you need to do is plonk it on a road somewhere, power it, connect it to the GPS and 3G data network and leave it. A cops dream, they can have a snooze in the back of the van after eating a gut full of doughnuts...

 

[tommysch]

Time to feed the tree of liberty!!!

 

[Guest]

Anyone saying this will not happen in the US, think again. In Illinois we have TONS of red light cameras, I got a ticket at one for "rolling" through a red light on a right hand turn (BS). BUT the whole face your accuser thing, yeah not happening, they somehow get around it. same will happen with speeding cameras, they will say the video is the proof! The BS part is that third parties get 75% of the ticket, the city only gets 25%, and I think this causes more problems and traffic because people slam on their brakes when they see the signs for them and with the speeding cameras (sats) highways where its the norm to go 20 mph over and there have never been problems will all of a sudden be going slower causing more traffic. Who the hell thinks of these stupid things?

 

[sirmorluk]

*Runs to patent office. Files patent for large car roof signs with the letters "FU" emblazoned on them.*

 

[Zakkas]

That will give the local police more time to arrest/eliminate all the crusty jugglers /sarcasm....

More ways for the government to control and monitor the masses.

 

[dfusco]

So is the sat in low earth orbit meaning it's only overhead every 90 mintutes or so. Or is it in geo-synch orbit meaning you will need one HELL of a camera to resd moving license plates in all weather? This report does not pass the the smell test.

 

[itadakimasu]

I don't approve of any such technology.

Red light cameras are one thing... but any kind of technology used to catch speeders without a police officer present is just too big brother for me. The only way this flys is if they raise speed limits everywhere.

 

[techguy911]

Where i live there are cameras at every main intersection the software and camera together captures the license plate and speed looks up the owner, prints a ticket then tickets are mailed.

 

[tinmann]

I guess it does cut back on high speed chases that could endanger the public though. You either get a ticket in the mail or a letter saying your driving privileges have been revoked if your an habitual offender.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]ms1191[/nom]Prove it was me driving the car.[/citation]
The Fascist state won't care, the ticket will go to the owner of the car and that will be the end of it. If you don't like it, tough, the Fascist state does not care about you or your perceived rights. It cares about taxes/revenue (stealing other peoples money) to run ever more social programs and more government control.
Fact: The Nazi party were Socialists and left wing environmentalists too.

 

[mustbhacks]

[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]good thing I live in the USA. unlike most every other country, I'm not living in a large jail and big brother isn't watching every little step. sure no country is 100% free but it is the closest to it. i sure am glad I never had to live in the UK, just one other reason why to add to the list.[/citation]

Actually the US is probably one of the farthest from free, we just live under the dillusion of freedom. And most people are to dumb to understand what freedoms we've lost and what we COULD have.

 

[candrwhite]

[citation][nom]ms1191[/nom]Prove it was me driving the car.[/citation]

If they can snap a pic of your plate, they can see your face.

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]regulas[/nom]The Fascist state won't care, the ticket will go to the owner of the car and that will be the end of it. If you don't like it, tough, the Fascist state does not care about you or your perceived rights. It cares about taxes/revenue (stealing other peoples money) to run ever more social programs and more government control.Fact: The Nazi party were Socialists and left wing environmentalists too.[/citation]

Fact: you know nothing about the Nazi party if you think they were left wing or socialists...

The socialist part was added in a gamble to get some soft commies to switch side when they needed more support.

By every standard they were extreme right wing, not that its a bad thing but its still a fact.

 

[mustbhacks]

[citation][nom]Jonnydough[/nom]I'm not a fan of big brother keeping tabs on me either, but then again I'm not doing anything illegal. I like the idea of catching car theives and criminals using satellites, but I don't like the idea of anyone tracking me.When it comes to the whole speeding issue, I'm thirty years old. I'm not some punk kid who just got his license. I never go more than five over anyway. Generally, I do drive the speed limit. In the last week I can tell you of two crazy drivers that I faced. One was a vehicle in my lane on a hill that was passing another vehicle illegally on a double yellow (at no point did the driver pass begin or end on a non-double yellow), and I was also tailgated by a cigarette smoking 19ish year old girl with sunglasses too big for her face. I tapped the breaks and she nearly lost it. Got all mad and KEPT tailgating me. She went AROUND me as I came to a light in the left turn lane and swerved back in front of me. I pulled up beside her and yes, I used the B word. She didn't even think she was tailgating...apparently she was unfamiliar with the two second rule. How she ever obtained a driver's license I do not know. Even when I was seventeen I thought that the legal driving age should be at least twenty one. Nobody seems to understand that a one ton vehicle traveling at 55 miles per hour is a virtual weapon. Vehicular manslaughter isn't something you hear talked about enough, but sadly, it is pretty common.Got a little off subject - but I really think that the HTS needs safer drivers, not just safer cars. Who knows if satellite speed monitoring will help much or not, but you can be sure that speed limits are there for a reason. Not just for collecting revenue.The system works. The more we speed (and endanger lives) the more police we need to ensure we don't. We have to pay for police, so speeding is actually a sensible source of revenue. Stop speeding and they'll either lower the number of policemen or raise taxes. Lately, they've been trying to do both because the economy sucks.[/citation]

Or a much simpler solution, Give people a REAL driving test. They just hand out licenses to anyone, oooh that 25-30 question written test that i only need 80% on was hard. Oh wait i only need 75%+ on my actual drive test to pass? You mean i can switch lanes without blind spot checking 6x and speed 3x and still pass all in one test!? Awesome!

And most of these all encompassing laws are passed by the fed and not the states, it just so happens the fed threatens to cut off state funding if they don't adhere to the fed's stupid fascist laws.

 

[kansur0]

I am guessing that the data they collect is from a microchip placed in the plate that somehow relays GPS data back to the satellite. GPS data would track position and time thus giving you the speed of the vehicle.

 

[dark_lord69]

The US won't do the same thing. Many stop lights in the metro I live in were equiped with camera's to take pictures of those that ran the stop light. None of those people had to pay the ticket because the camera's didn't take a picture of the person driving to prove that they were indeed the driver. Now those cameras are pointless and not used at all.

 

[hang-the-9]

Welcome to England, here is your ID Tag, ID Tag tracker, ID Tag auto ticket issuer, please enjoy your constantly monitored stay.

Stalin would love this England. What are the brits doing, trying to loose enough freedom to join OPEC one day?

 

[bill gates is your daddy]

They do not need a license plate. The technology is available now. It's called GPS Navigation...the stuff they are trying to place in all cars. How do you think On-Star finds you? The tracking satellites already know how fast you are traveling because they always know where your car is located.

If you travel tollways, you can already be track on how fast you travel. Use a tolltag and your speed can be monitored between tollbooths. If you drop change in a bucket then your license plate is still tracked.

RFID chips embedded in registration or inspection stickers for your car. Use the same type of reader on the fastpass readers as you find on a tollway, place it on any roadway and they can track every single car passing near it.

Here in Texas they are already mentioning how they will start chipping registration stickers for cars. My tolltag already has an RFID chip in it. I am thoroughly tracked every single day in my travels.

Welcome to 1984

 

[quantum mask]

[citation][nom]mp562[/nom]All kinds of weather conditions huh? I highly doubt it's going to be able to see through the clouds, just like how your satellite tv goes out when it's raining.[/citation]
Plus, doesn't England have like the most clouds of anyone in the world?

 

[ukgooey]

Most accidents are not the fault of speed in my experience. Which of these satellites detect people changing lanes without a signal, cutting people up, driving in the wrong lane, swerving all over the place? You need Police officers to determine these kinds of things. Not a machine miles above Earth's surface.

I'm English and many people here commenting on this country are right. It's a fucking nanny state. For the most part this is a good thing but things like this are ridiculous. I'm disgusted. But, if anyone thinks that this is solely a Labour Party thing then they've been misled. This is a society problem. Too many molly-coddled middle class tossers here nowadays. That's the issue. The government is just pandering to these voters, and that would include any of the parties if they thought it would win them votes.