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Texas bill would replace vehicle inspection stickers with RFID tags
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| 6 APRIL 2005
| Linda Rosencrance
Posted on 04/06/2005 9:09:48 PM PDT by rdb3
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To: Rocky
How sure are you that they're ultimately well intentioned?
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posted on
04/07/2005 5:22:59 AM PDT
by
Stormcrow
("It's not that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so.")
To: MeekOneGOP; maeng; ValerieUSA; txflake; WinOne4TheGipper; DrewsDad; HiJinx; Gracey; anymouse; ...
TXDOT news ping. I heard a blip about this yesterday, and finally found an article on the subject.
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posted on
04/07/2005 6:15:40 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(TV News and the MSM - - - ROTFLMAO)
To: rdb3
Bullshi'ite. Cops today don't properly enforce the tags. A bar code and over-the-counter scanner would be more than sufficient. The only RF devices that go on my truck are placed there by me (toll tags, GPS etc).
To: endthematrix
Ok, maybe I was just too fixated on the "sticker" part of the following quote...
A Texas legislator has filed a bill that would, in part, call for the state to replace vehicle inspection stickers with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, otherwise known as transponders.
Those active RFIDs that you've pictured are relatively large compared to the sticker type passive RFIDs I'm thinking of.
![](http://www.rfid-101.com/images/rfid.jpg)
Also, the active RFIDs cost in the 30$~50$ range vs. 50 cents for the passive. Granted, no price is too high for Government when they are paying with other peoples money.
To: Dan Cooper
"...no price is too high for Government when they are paying with other peoples money."Speaking of which:
NHTSA has a notice of proposed rulemaking about mandatory tire inflation sensors on all new cars and light trucks.
Sounds great, right? But who's paying the $200 - $300 per vehicle this will cost?
Government?
Not a chance.
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posted on
04/07/2005 7:10:45 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: Arrowhead1952
"This is a system that would be used to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on the road. Right now it's at 26%," Phillips said. What the heck!? Every time I go to get my Auto Safety Inspection or to get my Auto Registration sticker, they ask to see proof of insurance. How the he** are 26% of folks getting around this ?? Somebody's screwing up big time.
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posted on
04/07/2005 7:59:22 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP
How the he** are 26% of folks getting around this ?? Somebody's screwing up big time.I have a friend who owns a car repair shop. He told me the DPS stopped by his place when he was still doing state inspections. Someone had their vehicle inspected there and the next month were caught without insurance. He ensured the DPS every vehicle he inspected had proof of insurance, but he could not prove they did not cancel the insurance the following day, week or month.
He said many people did just that. Paid for insurance for the month or two when the inspection and registration are due and then drop it the rest of the year. That was the biggest reason he quit the state inspections at his shop.
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:19:34 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(TV News and the MSM - - - ROTFLMAO)
To: Arrowhead1952
Wow. Some people are just real a-holes. And guess who's PAYING for the uninsureds?
Yeah, the folks paying for insurance. G-r-r-r-r!
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP
I know everyone wants recourse if they are hit but I still get peeved that the government mandates insurance.
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posted on
04/07/2005 2:21:04 PM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(feelin' "chair"itable)
To: GulfBreeze
Apparently, they don't really enforce the law. 26% get away
without paying for liability insurance. My late uncle used to show financial responsibility (or whatever
they call it), and legally didn't have to carry insurance.
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posted on
04/07/2005 2:34:03 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: lolhelp
better yet, put one on his weewee!!!!
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posted on
04/07/2005 4:55:38 PM PDT
by
Quixotical
(Technology in the hands of idiots is just like pee in a swimming pool...)
To: Quixotical
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posted on
04/07/2005 8:19:50 PM PDT
by
lolhelp
To: ChefKeith
He must own an insurance company.
The insurance companies are on our side on this one. Many (most?) uninsured drivers in Texas can't get insurance from their friendly insurance agent (due to tickets, DUI, etc.). These folks go into a "pool", that must be split up by the insurance companies. The "pool" is a loss-leader for the insurance companies.
If this effort is successful, the "uninsured pool" grows dramatically, at significant cost to the insurance companies. For once, big insurance is on the right side.
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posted on
04/08/2005 4:43:00 AM PDT
by
Deek
To: Dan Cooper
I don't think active RFIDs are what is being suggested here.
This is what is being proposed in Texas:
eGo Tag
It's passive RFID in the 915 MHz frequency range.
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posted on
04/08/2005 4:48:50 AM PDT
by
Deek
To: Hank Rearden
***In states without these rackets, I don't see uninspected vehicles exploding, running off the road, tossing axles or whatnot. ***
This is just another means of extracting funds from the taxpayer without calling it a tax. I have had my go-rounds with the inspectors myself. After spending over 700 bucks on my van (brakes, exhaust, tie rod ends, Etc.) I had a conversation with the inspector that went like this,
"You need tie rod ends."
"They're new give me my sticker."
"You need a new muffler."
"It's new, give me my sticker!"
"Brakes"
"NEW!, Give me my sticker!"
"Catalytic converter"
"NEW! NEW! NEW! Here are the receipts! Everything is new! NOW GIVE ME THE $%#%$%$ STICKER YOU MORON!"
He finally failed me because the glass over the license plate light was cracked.
Don't even get me started about what happens when you change insurance companies.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:25:22 AM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Deek
If this effort is successful, the "uninsured pool" grows dramatically, at significant cost to the insurance companies. For once, big insurance is on the right side. Hmmmm, sweep all the illegal Mexican drivers into the assigned-risk pool, and suddenly insurance companies become supporters of immigration control?
What a thought.
<slaps self, wakes up>
It's still a stupid idea, sure to be abused. And it's Orwellian. No, thanks.
To: Cowman
Oh, well -- you live in Tax-a-chusetts!
Remind me never to live there. Nor even to go there.
To: lentulusgracchus
I have been thinking of what would be the equivalent of tea to throw in the harbor like Sam Adams did, but there is probably some sort of permit process.
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posted on
04/08/2005 6:25:28 AM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Cowman
He finally failed me because the glass over the license plate light was cracked. You have got to be kidding me!
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posted on
04/08/2005 8:51:23 AM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Hank Rearden
He finally failed me because the glass over the license plate light was cracked. You have got to be kidding me
I kid you not. My Dad was failed for being a thousandth of a Gm of NO2 over standard and the inspector refused to run it again until he bought a catalytic converter
gotta love the Watermelons. Watermelon = One that is green on the outside and red on the inside.
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posted on
04/08/2005 1:04:33 PM PDT
by
Cowman
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