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Political Cynic |
coming to a surveillance state near you...I think this is an abysmally bad idea...unless they want to pay me to drive with their plate, I'll stick with stamped metal https://www.techspot.com/news/...eading-michigan.html [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | ||
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quarter MOA visionary |
Now they're even putting the inmates out of work.  | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Only $500-800! I certainly hope those who opt into advertisements receive a cut for the price you pay for the plate. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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I'm not sure that I "get it" here. The biggest potentially goal would be to track them, but that's already pretty doable with transponder type systems like many places use for tolls or with an advancement of RFID technology. Both low tech solutions that don't cost a lot. I see applications for smart parking systems where the plate will indicate if parking has been paid for, a car has been parked over hours or something, but it's hard to see a feature to this that is truly to the benefit of the vehicle owner or driver. | |||
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Striker in waiting |
I’ll take one!!! And let me tell you why... Exactly how long do you think it will be befor some enterprising individual jailbreaks one? It could actually be easier to roll with “fake” tags once the security of the system is compromised. Whatever verification and authentication systems are in place will be of .gov quality, after all. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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Truth Wins |
Only if I can make is display custom messages too. Like, "Back off, dickhead." _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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Nope ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
a solution in search of a problem “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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SIG's 'n Surefires |
And after a collision (or vandalism) you need to shell out another $800 for a replacement? Not me. "Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up." -Kyle Farnsworth "Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences." -Mike Rowe "Democracies aren't overthrown, they're given away." -George Lucas | |||
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The first state to implement the plate is California. That should be all you need to know to recognize this is a really bad idea. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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Comic Relief |
Another example of a major solution in search of a non-problem: Oral-B Pro 7000 toothbrush It has six modes and Bluetooth connectivity to a smartphone app that provides real-time feedback and a record of your many usage parameters. $130 for a toothbrush!  But it doesn't play music through your teeth or take pictures inside you mouth (yet). | |||
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Well, they are getting unionized!  "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." | |||
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A Grateful American |
So, now cars will be texting too? As if, some drivers need, more distractions... "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Page late and a dollar short |
Sure, sounds like a great (?) idea to me. Let's see here, five to eight hundred dollars a plate plus a monthly service charge. Two cars, and probably some point the two motorcycles. Not to mention the two cars with historic plates. Our state raised vehicle licensing awhile back and our "progressive" Governor is proposing more hikes to "Fix the damn roads", her campaign speech. Best part, in the 80's they changed the license fees from weight based on passenger cars and light trucks to a fee based on MSRP. So if you are lucky enough to be driving a 1985 Pontiac you are paying on what the car sold for new. Yeah, this should work out just fine...... -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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Coin Sniper |
How many times will you have to get pulled over because someone stole that $800 plate off your car before you realize it's a bad idea. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Remind me to never register a car in Michigan. ________________________ "Television is called a medium because nothing on it is well done." -- Fred Allen | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Yeah, it did occur to me the one could either hack one, or make your own that looks like one of theirs and can be controlled by the driver to say whatever you want it to. What could possibly go wrong? | |||
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Mmm... so it can flash red or something when your inspection or registration expires? lmao no thanks. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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Uh... Thanks but no thanks. As previously posted, tag fees in Michigan are outrageous. Mine were 275 this year. And that along with our exorbitant no fault insurance and crappy roads. But we have to bail out Detroit and fix the water in Flint. So no real surprise where the money goes. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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