Re: Spotting decoy dummies on the D.C Beltway

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 10/1/07, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR2007093001654_pf.html
>
> Infrared Scans May Regulate HOT Lanes
>
>
> By Michael Laris
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Monday, October 1, 2007; A01
>
>
>
>
> Are drivers ready to be scanned like groceries at the supermarket?
>
> The answer will help determine whether Washington area commuters use a
> planned network of high-occupancy and toll lanes, which will start to take
> shape next year when an expansion of the Capital Beltway is to begin.
>
> The lanes are billed as the salvation of the suffering commuter. Solo
> drivers will be able to buy their way around congestion, while carpoolers
> will ride free. But the lanes' success hinges on finding a way to
> differentiate between paying and nonpaying customers without stopping every
> vehicle to count heads.
>
> The private companies that will build and operate the Beltway lanes have
> proposed using technology that would scan drivers and passengers with bursts
> of infrared light that detect human skin. The technology is so sophisticated
> that it can distinguish human faces from decoy dummies and shotgun-riding
> dogs, according to Ken Daley,

So you just gotta stuff a dead hooker in yer passenger seat in order
to get around it. Man the govt is so easy to hax0rz. Seriously though,
does a baby in a carseat count as a "carpool", cause I see them soccer
moms in the HOV lane all the time.

:-)


-JP
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