SupraWoman Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 i apologise if u seen this already. but just saw it on my local car forum: http://www.rfidnews.org/news/2004/06/10/rfidenabled-license-plates-to-identify-uk-vehicles/ because those plates r readible up to 320 kmp, i like the reply one guy did there: Posted by: Deus at June 10, 2004 09:45 PM 'So, just travel faster than 320km/hour! I do it all the time ... ;-)' HAHAHAA!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 link don't work, you need to cut and paste the full one into the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Try this http://www.rfidnews.org/news/2004/06/10/rfidenabled-license-plates-to-identify-uk-vehicles/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 So it's really so they can catch people speeding easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 So it's really so they can catch people speeding easier I don't think so, it would identify all the cars passing by, but not which one was which. So you couldn't tell which car was speeding if there were several in range. I think it's more for toll roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynb Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 You would simply need to measure time taken between two readers and hey presto a speed measuring device is born. It's just more totalitarian stuff which our jailers are so fond of. Luckily there has never been an administration so totally inept in the field of IT so they would never be able to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Battery Powered - Another drain on the car while the engine is off I'm not going to allow the government to use my privately owned battery to power one of their devices. We pay VAT on the bloody battery as it is….or will the plates have solar power panels in them too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_M Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Quote from article. Good old UK. Over crowded, over priced and over governed. The UK's persuit of control over the average man is stunning. No funds for basic services, unlimited funds for technology that can increase government control over it's people. Big Brother just keeps getting bigger, while the populace just rolls over and has its tummy tickled yet again. Mixed feelings about this as tracking of stolen vehicles would be a good thing, however how long would it be before the government want to recoup their costs by using it as revenue from speeding, working in the same way as "specs" does now. These signal recievers are the size of a fag packet so how easy are they to spot even if painted yellow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 You would simply need to measure time taken between two readers and hey presto a speed measuring device is born. I don't think that would work. It's not like a no plate reader where it only identifies you as you go past a fixed point, it would pick up cars when they were in range, and the range would vary. So you wouldn't be able to say when exactly the car was at a fixed point. I suppose it would work if they were miles apart to get your average speed maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynb Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I don't think that would work. It's not like a no plate reader where it only identifies you as you go past a fixed point, it would pick up cars when they were in range, and the range would vary. So you wouldn't be able to say when exactly the car was at a fixed point. I suppose it would work if they were miles apart to get your average speed maybe. Point taken, you are correct about that. I can't see them incorporating dopplering into the equation. It would only work if the range was really short but then that would mean more readers etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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