Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Bob Ward
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 00:00

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Joel Garry <joel-garry@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
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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.
>


At least until you know what a GPS sustem is...

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From: "Bob Ward" <rcward@gte.net>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/10
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