That's what the Center For Investigative Reporting found when researching the small cameras popping up on police cars across the country known as license plate scanners. License plate scanners allow police officers to quickly scan thousands of license plates a day, looking for runaway criminals or stolen cars. In California there are very few limits on these readers and almost no transparency. These cameras record time and place of your vehicle, and even can store a picture record of your whereabouts.
Michael Katz-Lacabe, a security consultant, requested the records from the San Leandro, Calif., police department of every time his car was scanned. He was amazed at the frightening amount of information police had recorded. His two cars were scanned 112 times since 2009, and average of about twice a week. There was even a picture of him and his two daughters getting out of his Toyota Prius in their driveway.
The Center For Investigative Reporting points out that the use of license plate scanners has been growing quickly and quietly across the country.
Film at 11..... 😣
can you still buy that clear coat paint stuff that's suppose to hide your plate..?? 😕
DrafterX wrote:
I just use cardboard. It's foolproof.
fortunately we don't here but some states require a tag on da front bumper too..... 😟
I'm learning how to drive sideways too.
Yes, but it's not paint, it's a plastic cover you put over your plate. I know someone that one on all of his cars. Distorts the plate from all angles. Pretty cool...I think I'll find out where he gets them. (but google is probably a good place to start)
Ohio requires a front plate...I just choose not to put it on. :-"
Maryland comes down hard on folks who distort plates from the camera.
^ a real rebel8-[
bloody spaniard wrote:
It cuts down on their revenue. 🤦
My wife got pulled over once for something unrelated to the front plate (probably speeding). The officer told her to put it on...so I put hers on.
I've seen the platic covers but the paint stuff is suppose to not put off a glossy shine so it can't be noticed as well.... 🤔
My wife was fined ($75?) when her car was photographed overlapping the pedestrian line by about two feet at a light.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/speedtrap.asp
I used the snopes link to save some of you the trouble.... 🤐
The USA is a Surveillance State. Just not quite totalitarian yet.
HockeyDad wrote:
I guess I'd better stop smiling and waving at the overhead cameras when I'm at a red light then?
