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Posted on 06/19/2007 2:35:14 PM PDT by sionnsar
Link only. Essence is this: Every use of a "Good To Go" electronic pass on the Tacoma Narrows bridge will be retained for 8-1/2 years. Data is available to law enforcement and civil case lawyers. Similar systems exist elsewhere, such as SF Bay Area FasTrak.
Means for avoiding the tracking are listed.
The information age has allowed Big Brother to become very strong. Soon we will be like the UK.
The Italian Government tried the same thing to collect commercial truck road use fees. Over 90% of truckers refused to join the program, and the lines for the cash only tollbooths were sometimes blocked up for hours during rush hours. The Italian government took almost 2 years to respond to the absolute revulsion the truckers of the country had towards the legislators.
GOod for the truckers!
We are already recorded untold times every day, whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not .. of course, that kind of info can come in handy, as it did for the Seligmann kid at Duke, with his ATM receipts and other electronic recordation of his time/place on that infamous March 2006 night.
A new one alongside it is (about to?) open. But yep, it’s Galloping Gertie!
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