motsco_ wrote:
> jim beam wrote:
>
>> further reading:
>> http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>
>> now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home your,
>> er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with gps
>> coordinates in real time....
>>
>> also:
>> http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
> big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
> agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS tracking
> flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from 'A' to 'B' at
> the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>
> 'Curly'

well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every license
plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already sensors in
the road in many places. you know where there are two rings in the lane
one after the other? those are used to sense average vehicle speeds and
density, and thus manage traffic flow. putting a transponder in the
license plate and having it talk to one of those speed sensors as you
drive over it is trivial. automatic ticket issuance is more trivial still.

 

motsco_ wrote:
> jim beam wrote:
>
>> further reading:
>> http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>
>> now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home your,
>> er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with gps
>> coordinates in real time....
>>
>> also:
>> http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
> big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
> agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS tracking
> flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from 'A' to 'B' at
> the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>
> 'Curly'

well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every license
plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already sensors in
the road in many places. you know where there are two rings in the lane
one after the other? those are used to sense average vehicle speeds and
density, and thus manage traffic flow. putting a transponder in the
license plate and having it talk to one of those speed sensors as you
drive over it is trivial. automatic ticket issuance is more trivial still.

 

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> motsco_ wrote:
>> jim beam wrote:
>>
>>> further reading:
>>> http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>
>>> now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>> your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>> gps coordinates in real time....
>>>
>>> also:
>>> http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
>> big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>> agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>> tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>> 'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>
>> 'Curly'
>
> well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
> credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
> reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
> license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
> sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
> rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
> average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
> putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
> of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
> ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>

I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
a laser scanner.)


--
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jyanik
at
kua.net

 

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> motsco_ wrote:
>> jim beam wrote:
>>
>>> further reading:
>>> http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>
>>> now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>> your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>> gps coordinates in real time....
>>>
>>> also:
>>> http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
>> big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>> agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>> tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>> 'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>
>> 'Curly'
>
> well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
> credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
> reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
> license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
> sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
> rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
> average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
> putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
> of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
> ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>

I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
a laser scanner.)


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

 

Jim Yanik wrote:
> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
> news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>
>
>>motsco_ wrote:
>>
>>>jim beam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>further reading:
>>>>http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>>
>>>>now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>>>your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>>>gps coordinates in real time....
>>>>
>>>>also:
>>>>http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>>
>>>---------------------------
>>>
>>>Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
>>>big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>>>agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>>>tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>>>'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>>
>>>'Curly'
>>
>>well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
>>credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
>>reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
>>license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
>>sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
>>rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
>>average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
>>putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
>>of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
>>ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>>
>
>
> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
> light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
> And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
> trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
> No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
> could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
> a laser scanner.)
>

I don't know that they can do that; however there is a setup near my
house where they do a radar gun to do exactly that. I'm not sure *why,*
either - the light is at the bottom of a steep grade on a road signed at
30 MPH, but there is no intersection within 1/4 mile or more in either
direction. I'm not sure at what speed the light will turn red, but a
speeding vehicle is the only thing that will trigger the light.

nate


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Jim Yanik wrote:
> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
> news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>
>
>>motsco_ wrote:
>>
>>>jim beam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>further reading:
>>>>http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>>
>>>>now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>>>your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>>>gps coordinates in real time....
>>>>
>>>>also:
>>>>http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>>
>>>---------------------------
>>>
>>>Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer a
>>>big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>>>agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>>>tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>>>'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>>
>>>'Curly'
>>
>>well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
>>credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
>>reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
>>license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
>>sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
>>rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
>>average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
>>putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
>>of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
>>ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>>
>
>
> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
> light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
> And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
> trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
> No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
> could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
> a laser scanner.)
>

I don't know that they can do that; however there is a setup near my
house where they do a radar gun to do exactly that. I'm not sure *why,*
either - the light is at the bottom of a steep grade on a road signed at
30 MPH, but there is no intersection within 1/4 mile or more in either
direction. I'm not sure at what speed the light will turn red, but a
speeding vehicle is the only thing that will trigger the light.

nate


--
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http://members.***.net/njnagel

 

Nate Nagel <njnagel@roosters.net> wrote in
news:fequ2g175f@news2.newsguy.com:

> Jim Yanik wrote:
>> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
>> news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>>
>>
>>>motsco_ wrote:
>>>
>>>>jim beam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>further reading:
>>>>>http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>>>
>>>>>now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>>>>your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>>>>gps coordinates in real time....
>>>>>
>>>>>also:
>>>>>http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>>>
>>>>---------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer
>>>>a big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>>>>agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>>>>tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>>>>'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>>>
>>>>'Curly'
>>>
>>>well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
>>>credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
>>>reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
>>>license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
>>>sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
>>>rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
>>>average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
>>>putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
>>>of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
>>>ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an
>> upcoming light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's
>> possible. And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate
>> number as you trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in
>> the mail. No need for any transponders in your car.(or the
>> transponder microchip could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or
>> a reflective barcode read by a laser scanner.)
>>
>
> I don't know that they can do that; however there is a setup near my
> house where they do a radar gun to do exactly that. I'm not sure
> *why,* either - the light is at the bottom of a steep grade on a road
> signed at 30 MPH, but there is no intersection within 1/4 mile or more
> in either direction. I'm not sure at what speed the light will turn
> red, but a speeding vehicle is the only thing that will trigger the
> light.
>
> nate
>
>

more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
before the light and the light would turn red before you got past it(unless
you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing road.No radar
was used.
It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still that
way,haven't been back there in many years.
That is the only one I have ever encountered.Although I'm beginning to
suspect one light in an Orlando suburb,near me.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

 

Nate Nagel <njnagel@roosters.net> wrote in
news:fequ2g175f@news2.newsguy.com:

> Jim Yanik wrote:
>> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
>> news:OZSdnf-ny-BJd43anZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>>
>>
>>>motsco_ wrote:
>>>
>>>>jim beam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>further reading:
>>>>>http://www.vehicle-info.com/articles.php?id=22
>>>>>
>>>>>now imagine your onstar "driver assistance" system phoning home
>>>>>your, er, "driving habits" to your insurance company, complete with
>>>>>gps coordinates in real time....
>>>>>
>>>>>also:
>>>>>http://www.harristechnical.com/cdr5.htm
>>>>
>>>>---------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Slightly OT, but I've heard of rental agencies handing the customer
>>>>a big 'surcharge' for breaking the TERMS & CONDITIONS of the rental
>>>>agreement for driving the vehicle like it was stolen. (the GPS
>>>>tracking flagged them). They apparently thought they could bet from
>>>>'A' to 'B' at the speed of a rented jet. :-)
>>>>
>>>>'Curly'
>>>
>>>well, you /could/ do this with an individual's cell phone too. or
>>>credit card as you buy fuel along the freeway. or use license plate
>>>reading cameras every few miles. or have a transponder in every
>>>license plate and sensors in the road. in fact, there are already
>>>sensors in the road in many places. you know where there are two
>>>rings in the lane one after the other? those are used to sense
>>>average vehicle speeds and density, and thus manage traffic flow.
>>>putting a transponder in the license plate and having it talk to one
>>>of those speed sensors as you drive over it is trivial. automatic
>>>ticket issuance is more trivial still.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an
>> upcoming light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's
>> possible. And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate
>> number as you trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in
>> the mail. No need for any transponders in your car.(or the
>> transponder microchip could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or
>> a reflective barcode read by a laser scanner.)
>>
>
> I don't know that they can do that; however there is a setup near my
> house where they do a radar gun to do exactly that. I'm not sure
> *why,* either - the light is at the bottom of a steep grade on a road
> signed at 30 MPH, but there is no intersection within 1/4 mile or more
> in either direction. I'm not sure at what speed the light will turn
> red, but a speeding vehicle is the only thing that will trigger the
> light.
>
> nate
>
>

more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
before the light and the light would turn red before you got past it(unless
you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing road.No radar
was used.
It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still that
way,haven't been back there in many years.
That is the only one I have ever encountered.Although I'm beginning to
suspect one light in an Orlando suburb,near me.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

 

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:23:45 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:

> more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
> Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
> before the light and the light would turn red before you got past
> it(unless you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing
> road.No radar was used.
> It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still
> that way,haven't been back there in many years. That is the only one I

There is currently no light on Delaware Ave in the S curves (the area
passing through the park). There is one just before the curves (at an
intersection) and one just after (again, an intersection).

Must have been removed quite a while ago, as I don't remember it. The
Delaware S-Curves are a fun place to test your vehicle (at night, when
traffic is very light)...




--
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joe at hits - buffalo dot com
"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X

 

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:23:45 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:

> more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
> Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
> before the light and the light would turn red before you got past
> it(unless you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing
> road.No radar was used.
> It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still
> that way,haven't been back there in many years. That is the only one I

There is currently no light on Delaware Ave in the S curves (the area
passing through the park). There is one just before the curves (at an
intersection) and one just after (again, an intersection).

Must have been removed quite a while ago, as I don't remember it. The
Delaware S-Curves are a fun place to test your vehicle (at night, when
traffic is very light)...




--
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joe at hits - buffalo dot com
"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X

 

In article <Xns99C87CBBD1405jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.85>, Jim Yanik wrote:

> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
> light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
> And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
> trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
> No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
> could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
> a laser scanner.)

Combined speed and rlc cameras already exist.

 

In article <Xns99C87CBBD1405jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.85>, Jim Yanik wrote:

> I often wonder if those double sensor loops are used to change an upcoming
> light to red if you're exceeeding the speed limit. It's possible.
> And all they need is to add a camera to get your lic.plate number as you
> trip the sensors at SL+ xMPH.Then you get a ticket in the mail.
> No need for any transponders in your car.(or the transponder microchip
> could be in the plate itself,in the sticker,or a reflective barcode read by
> a laser scanner.)

Combined speed and rlc cameras already exist.

 

Joe <joe@hits-buffalo.no.spam.com> wrote in
news:ePWdnbPbJLqWxozanZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@giganews.com :

> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:23:45 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:
>
>> more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
>> Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
>> before the light and the light would turn red before you got past
>> it(unless you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing
>> road.No radar was used.
>> It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still
>> that way,haven't been back there in many years. That is the only one I
>
> There is currently no light on Delaware Ave in the S curves (the area
> passing through the park). There is one just before the curves (at an
> intersection) and one just after (again, an intersection).
>
> Must have been removed quite a while ago, as I don't remember it. The
> Delaware S-Curves are a fun place to test your vehicle (at night, when
> traffic is very light)...
>


yes,the old light was in the middle of the S curves,to slow traffic down.
As I said,around 30 years ago.
They probably removed it once they found that people were able to beat it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

 

Joe <joe@hits-buffalo.no.spam.com> wrote in
news:ePWdnbPbJLqWxozanZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@giganews.com :

> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:23:45 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:
>
>> more than 30 years ago,in Buffalo,on Delaware Ave going through Delaware
>> Park,there was a speed-controlled traffic light.Exceed the 30MPH speed
>> before the light and the light would turn red before you got past
>> it(unless you were REALLY going fast!),and the light had no crossing
>> road.No radar was used.
>> It was placed halfway thru Delaware Park.I don't know if it is still
>> that way,haven't been back there in many years. That is the only one I
>
> There is currently no light on Delaware Ave in the S curves (the area
> passing through the park). There is one just before the curves (at an
> intersection) and one just after (again, an intersection).
>
> Must have been removed quite a while ago, as I don't remember it. The
> Delaware S-Curves are a fun place to test your vehicle (at night, when
> traffic is very light)...
>


yes,the old light was in the middle of the S curves,to slow traffic down.
As I said,around 30 years ago.
They probably removed it once they found that people were able to beat it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net