Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Rick Damiani
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:00

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joel-garry@nospam.home.com (Joel Garry) 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.

GPS systems can only receive. They cannot transmit.
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From: Rick Damiani <rickd@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/09
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