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Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:00
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In article <slrn7vvk04.i3.joel-garry@zr1.vista1.sdca.home.com>,
Joel Garry <joel-garry@nospam.home.com> wrote:
}On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 04:20:46 GMT, Shiva Nataraja 
}<freereport@ms39.url.com.tw> wrote:
}>On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 18:06:37 -0400, Edsel Chase
}><starswirler@geocities.com> wrote:
}>
}>>> This suggested to me that all vehicles would need to be equipped with
}>>> a transponder device in order for the intersection signals to detect
}>>> their presence; without a transponder, the intersection would not know
}>>> you were there and presumably might not turn green fot you. 
}>>
}>>This is correct -- 
}>
}>And it is this aspect to which I object. I don't think it's a good
}>idea to have a tracking device in my car, allowing Big Brother to
}>track my every move 24 by 7...
}
}Don't buy a GPS system, then.

Does the term "reciever" mean anything to you?  GPS systems don't
generally broadcast.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/11
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