License plate reading (LPR) cameras

[GlobeSpotter]

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

eztag readers are now available to the public. Parking garages now use them to allow entry. They don't necessarily know who you are unless you tell.

The reader matches the vehicle and plate.

[GlobeSpotter]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

The reader matches the vehicle and plate.

whut?

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

whut?

The EZ tag reader matches the vehicle description with the license plate number to the EZ tag # .... who's in the vehicle is another issue. What the officer gets when he does a data entry on the plate is a "registered" owner with the "registered" owner's address and vehicle VIN to verify the plate is on the correct vehicle. The LE "contacts" with the name on the "registered" owner comes back to the officer if the underlying information is a "match" ... cross referencing to most recent address, etc. Now they can get current insurance information for the vehicle, which is not matched with inspections and registration. With all of that ... there is still no "driver" identification.

The "system" has been in place for a long time, i.e. matching plates to vehicles.

[Brazos]

This is also the reason TX went to the so called "retro" plate, black on white. Easy for cameras to pick it up. Those last Gen plates gave cameras issues.

[O'Mike]

Wait until you guys find out that there are companies that want to give this technology to PD for free. Yes, free if they can get a 25% cut on each ticket they write.

This company is leading the charge. http://vigilantsolutions.com/

Law enforcement? LOL, They have become revenue generation and collection organizations inch by inch over the years.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by O'Mike

Law enforcement? LOL, They have become revenue generation and collection organizations inch by inch over the years.

Through one's local DA or CA office .... civil or criminal litigation section.

In Harris County ....

..... has anyone noticed those little ad signs stuck in the ground next to the curb?

[Fishpie]

Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

FTFY

1984 arrived exactly on 9/12/2001. Communism in the name of patriotism

Totalitarianism is the word you're looking for.

[FormerSanta]

Originally Posted by loveitdou

Try this to defeat cameras: http://www.ontrackcorp.com/original-protector.cfm?id=03

They've been around for years. I bought a set when they first came out and only then found out that I had wasted my money. Why? License plate covers such as those are explicitly illegal in Texas.

Cites here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/texasplate.asp

Pertinent law, emphasis added:

TEX TN. CODE ANN. § 502.409 :(a) A person commits an offense if the person attaches to or displays on a motor vehicle a number plate or registration insignia that: (5) has blurring or reflective matter that significantly impairs the readability of the name of the state in which the vehicle is registered or the letters or numbers of the license plate number at any time; (6) has an attached illuminated device or sticker, decal, emblem, or other insignia that is not authorized by law and that interferes with the readability of the letters or numbers of the license plate number or the name of the state in which the vehicle is registered; or (7) has a coating, covering, protective material, or other apparatus that: (A) distorts angular visibility or detectability; (B) alters or obscures one- half or more of the name of the state in which the vehicle is registered; or (C) alters or obscures the letters or numbers of the license plate number or the color of the plate.

Additional explanation here: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...ht-1854775.php

[GlobeSpotter]

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

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eztag readers are now available to the public. Parking garages now use them to allow entry. They don't necessarily know who you are unless you tell the. .....

Originally Posted by LexusLover

The reader matches the vehicle and plate.

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

whut?

Originally Posted by LexusLover

The EZ tag reader matches the vehicle description with the license plate number to the EZ tag # .... who's in the vehicle is another issue. What the officer gets when he does a data entry on the plate is a "registered" owner with the "registered" owner's address and vehicle VIN to verify the plate is on the correct vehicle. The LE "contacts" with the name on the "registered" owner comes back to the officer if the underlying information is a "match" ... cross referencing to most recent address, etc. Now they can get current insurance information for the vehicle, which is not matched with inspections and registration. With all of that ... there is still no "driver" identification.

The "system" has been in place for a long time, i.e. matching plates to vehicles.

LL, you misunderstood. I'm talking about the readers for private use. You went on about LE use and what might be on the highway.

I'm saying now (or forever how long) private sector can buy the reader and receive and interpret the data transmitted by your tag. I don't believe they have access to the database (but they might).

That is why they asked me for my information that ties me and my vehicle to the tag number that I also gave them. So the parking gate opens upon my arrival.

Relax.

https://www.transcore.com/

[pyramider]

Plano PD, and other N TX departments, have been using this technology for several years. They go thru section 8 apartments and extended stay hotels looking for people with warrants.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

LL, you misunderstood.


I'm saying now (or forever how long) private sector can buy the reader and receive and interpret the data transmitted by your tag. I don't believe they have access to the database (but they might).

That is why they asked me for my information that ties me and my vehicle to the tag number that I also gave them. So the parking gate opens upon my arrival.

I have similar access on one vehicle.... and all of them have EZ tags. The pvt reader doesn't read the EZ tag on the nonregistered vehicles, so I have to "manually" come and go through the system. I know what information I gave to them, and it was my understanding they don't have access to the personal information in the EZ system.

I guess the "whut" is easily misintepreted?

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by pyramider

They go thru section 8 apartments and extended stay hotels looking for people with warrants.

That was "sort of" my previous suggestion .... perhaps in Plano and North Texas most of the vehicles floating around are driven by the person on the registration information ... not so in larger metro areas .... particularly in "section 8" and "extended stays"!

I suspect they are looking for reported "stolen" vehicles, which would make more sense given the reality of vehicle registration in this state.

[Slitlikr]

Speaking of Eztag -
This is from 2009.

They monitor traffic flow on highways by reading eztags.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...rs-1736047.php

[GlobeSpotter]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

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I guess the "whut" is easily misintepreted?

But your dissertation was in reply to my comment about private readers.

I personnaly think you just get up way too fuckin early.

Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

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eztag readers are now available to the public. Parking garages now use them to allow entry. They don't necessarily know who you are unless you tell the.
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Originally Posted by LexusLover

The reader matches the vehicle and plate.