V2V Communication: The Evolution in Vehicle Safety....

[Zero Sum 305]

just because something is a privilege, does not mean that gives government open season.

Remember, the same thing can be said about home ownership, etc.

Not really.

While we technically pay for roads out of our taxes (imagine that next time you feel the need to complain about them), the use of these roads must conform to standards of safety established by the government, and that authority is delegated to all levels of government, Federal, State, Local, etc, by the appropriate constitutional levels. This you should understand.

Home ownership, etc, while deeded to a buyer under the appropriate levels of law, are henceforth established to be in the possession of said buyer unless eminent domain is invoked (and that may be where your argument is heading... to which I'd probably agree with you 100% in most instances), or if the owner violates established law that forfeits said ownership. Any intromission into said ownership, without due process as stated in this paragraph, faults the intervening authority and if properly documented, will result in the authority losing more than just the original seizure.

[Zero Sum 305]

That might be true in Dallas, but not in the cities I have been to. The camera takes a picture of the front and back of the car. However, if they don't get a picture of the plate, and the driver in the same frame, you won't have to pay, as they have no proof you were driving. Certain vehicles, like raised pick ups and commercial vehicles are too high for the camera to get both in the same shot. In Los Angeles, we later found out that the tickets had virtually no enforcement to them. They technically were not issued by the police, but by a coroporation authorized by the police. The big distinction is that for these violations, nobody authorized to issue a ticket saw the violation, hence they are invalid.

We don't have video here, but they do have high resolution pictures. I got one in a local suburb of L.A. that is notorious for giving frivolous citations. I got the picture in the mail, had a look and thought that it was blurry enough to contest. I went down to the local P.D. and said "#######, this isn't even clear enough to show that it is me". The guy called a tech in, who produced a 2560 x 1920 HD picture of me, clear as day. D'oh! Was $496 for that ticket.

Like those tollway violators in Europe that get caught cheating on their spouses... I bet those would really incense some less scrupulous characters.

But yeah... the video of me driving was pretty hilarious. My anger level went down once I realize the camera had totally pwned me.