John BORIS wrote: >If you have EZ-pass or some other electronic toll device you can easily >be cited for speeding on a Turnpike as your are marked on entry and exit >with a time stamp. A short calculation can get your speed and bingo you >get mailed a ticket for speeding.
That scenario hardly needs advanced technology. I recall that 40 years ago both Pennsylvania and Oklahoma used a turnpike system where you were given a ticket at the on-ramp and then paid at your offramp based on the combination of on- and off-ramps. (Much more efficient and fair than toll booths along the way.) Since the tickets were time-stamped, the possibility of speeding enforcement was obvious. In fact, I seem to recall hearing that Oklahoma did that. The workaround was to stop for gas or food at one of the turnpike plazas, adding enough time to your trip to compensate for speeding. I recall the Oklahoma speed limit was 80 mph so you really had to haul to get a ticket. -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA "You can't turn shovelware into d...@compata.com, +1 714 434 7359 reliable software by patching it dhcl...@alumni.caltech.edu a whole lot." -- Marcus Ranum _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
