Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:00

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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.

jg
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Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/09
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