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What do they mean, "planning?" It is already here. I live in DC and they have a system already in place for speeding! A remote, unmanned detector clocks your car, and a camera simultaneously takes a picture. A week later you get a ticket in them mail with a picture of your car and its license plate, along with a fine ($100 for doing 43 in a 25 zone).

The CIA makes a big deal about taking a picture of Muhammad Omar's license plate. Big deal! We do that right here. So, all you tourists who visit Washington, Dirty City beware: don't speed!

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Yes, I too wonder if there's some connection between this plan and the traffic cameras that have been operating in D.C. for the last year or so (there's another page-one article on those traffic cameras in today's Washington Times.) The original contractor for the traffic cameras was Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor. The contract has been taken over by Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), a firm which bought a lot of Lockheed's operations, and I wonder about its possible connections.

The traffic cameras are very unpopular here. I find it hard to believe they raise revenue on balance (I have become much more reluctant to drive into D.C. since they were installed, as I suspect many other people have as well, which means less sales -- and less tax revenue -- in D.C.). And yet the D.C. government seems determined to maintain the program.

What do they mean, "planning?" It is already here

It's more here than you think it is and it's not for traffic violations. On your next trip to dc, look up. You will find many cameras are already in place.