[Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car

[Sean Hoyden]

I've actually never understood why someone would think that would work
anyways.  I mean geez, I've taken photos of vehicles before with my cell
phone camera and you can still read the plates through those covers.

Before too long it won't matter, car companies will be putting RFID chips in
every vehicle like airplanes have IFF transponders, it's only a matter of
time.

Big Brother wants to watch over us all, he needs the revenue.

On 3/24/09, Watson, Chuck <cbwatson at mitre.org> wrote:
>
> But license plate covers are everywhere in Md, DC or VA.
>
> Regards,
> Charles Watson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank Carson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:35 AM
> To: Sean Hoyden; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car
>
> In Maryland license plate covers have been illegal for YEARS - at least as
> long as I've been policing here -which is about 21 years.  That was WAY
> before photo RADAR, photo red light cameras, tag scanners, etc.
>
> Frank Carson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Hoyden" <sean.hoyden at gmail.com>
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] VSP video cameras on car
>
>
> Forgot to add, I'm told from a friend with the VSP, that the system has
> considerable difficulty reading license plates with reflective or tinted
> covers over them.  If that's true, imagine it won't be long before they
> start outlawing those plastic covers people use out of some misguided sense
> of protection from photo-enforcement cameras, and by consequence license
> plate frames.
>
> On a related subject, I wonder if mounting a couple of high output or
> infrared LED's on either side of your license plate facing directly to the
> rear would screw up the reader sensitivity?
>
>
>
> On 3/24/09, Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They've been using this system in Northern New York (St. Lawrence County
> > Sheriff) where I'm originally from for a few months now, so it's
> > proliferated even down to smalltown USA as well.  I'm guessing that it's
> > been funded largely by homeland security grants that went into effect in
> > FY09 for much of the country.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> >  On 3/24/09, michael rumberg <m_c_rumberg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> here are two links with interesting information on ALPR systems in use
> >> and
> >> how James City PD, VA, extols its virtues.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.jccegov.com/pdf/bospdfs/bospdfs2009/031009bos/e2_mem.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://hackedgadgets.com/2006/12/24/automated-license-plate-recognition-alpr/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Sean Hoyden
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