10
Signs That The Highways Of America Are Being
Transformed Into A High Tech Prison Grid
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‘Once upon a time, the
open highways of America were one of our greatest symbols of liberty and
freedom. Anyone could hop in a car and set off for a new adventure at any
time and even our music encouraged us to "get our kicks on route
66". But today everything has changed. Now the highways of
The
following are 10 signs that the highways of
#1 Surveillance Cameras
All
over the
The
room is large and well lit, and it buzzes with activity even though its
occupants remain seated.
The
video screen at the front of the room is as wide as an IMAX, though not quite
as tall. It consists of 64 smaller screens – 16 columns of four apiece – that
monitor every inch of interstate between Great Wolf Lodge and the
If
you are driving on an highway in
#2 Automated License Plate Readers
In a previous article, I detailed how automated license
plate readers are being used to track the movements of every single vehicle
that enters Washington D.C.
A
recent Washington Post
article explained that most people do not even know that they are there....
More
than 250 cameras in the District and its suburbs scan license plates in real
time, helping police pinpoint stolen cars and fleeing killers. But the program
quietly has expanded beyond what anyone had imagined even a few years ago.
With
virtually no public debate, police agencies have begun storing the information
from the cameras, building databases that document the travels of millions of
vehicles.
Nowhere
is that more prevalent than in the District, which has more than one
plate-reader per square mile, the highest concentration in the nation. Police
in the
A lot
of police cruisers are being outfitted with this technology around the nation
as well.
So if
you see a police car pull up behind you, there is a very good chance that a
computer has already read your license plate and is giving the officer all of
your information.
#3 Ridiculous Regulations
Some
of the new "auto safety laws" going in around the nation are
absolutely absurd.
For
example, do you buckle up your pet when you go for a ride? Well, in
#4 Outrageous Fines
In
many areas of the country, unpaid traffic tickets can rapidly become a major
financial burden.
For
example, the new tolls on the 520 floating bridge in
Registered
vehicle owners who do not pay their toll within 80 days or more will be mailed
a $40 civil penalty for each unpaid toll transaction in addition to a $5
reprocessing fee.
WSDOT
confirmed some tolls plus penalty fees have added up to more than $1,000.
#5 Oppressive Toll Roads
Toll
roads have become one of the favorite "revenue raising tools" for our
politicians.
At
this point the tolls on some roads have become so incredibly oppressive that
many people simply cannot afford to drive on them anymore.
And
for some reason the toll increases are coming especially fast and furious this
year.
A
recent USA Today article summarized some
of the oppressive toll increases that we are seeing all over the nation....
•
•Some
The
use of tolls on interstate highways also is spreading:
•Virginia
Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, just won approval from the
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•
The
toll hikes are more than chump change: Cash tolls on the
Toll
roads are one of my pet peeves. Any time I see a toll booth it
immediately puts me in a bad mood.
#6 Red Light Cameras
Red
light cameras are another favorite "revenue raising tool" for the
control freaks that run things.
Unfortunately,
these cameras don't always work right so a lot of innocent people end up
getting ticketed.
But
politicians love them because they can raise a lot of cash. The following
is from a recent Business Insider article....
According
to
In
one
#7 Speed Traps
In
the old days, speed traps were mostly about making the roads safer.
Today,
they are mostly about raising money.
One
police chief up in
"When
I first started in this job 30 years ago, police work was never about revenue
enhancement, but if you’re a chief now, you have to look at whether your
department produces revenues."
Speed
traps are becoming more common almost everywhere, but some areas of the country
are worse than others.
A
recent report from the
National Motorists Association ranked how likely you are to get a speeding
ticket in each of the 50
After
crunching the numbers, the NMA found that
The
state where you’re least likely to get ticketed is
#8 Government Spying
It
has been revealed that the federal government has been secretly putting GPS
tracking devices on thousands of vehicles in order to track the movements of
people that they are interested in watching.
Most
of the time the people involved have not even been
charged with any crimes.
The
following is a short excerpt from a recent Wired magazine article about this phenomenon....
The
25-year-old resident of
Then
things got really weird when police showed up during a Wired
interview with the man.
The
young man, who asked to be identified only as Greg, is one among an increasing
number of
The
Justice Department has said that law enforcement agents employ GPS as a
crime-fighting tool with “great frequency,” and GPS retailers have told
Wired that they’ve sold thousands of the devices to the feds.
#9 Extraction Devices
If
you get pulled over by police, you never know what to expect these days.
Previously, I have written about how law enforcement authorities in some
parts of the
The
following is how a recent article on CNET News described the capabilities of these
"extraction devices"....
The
devices, sold by a company called Cellebrite, can
download text messages, photos, video, and even GPS data from most brands of
cell phones. The handheld machines have various interfaces to work with
different models and can even bypass security passwords and access some
information.
#10 VIPR Teams
If
all of the above was not bad enough, now we have to deal with TSA "VIPR
teams" terrorizing us on the highways.
If
you regularly travel across the country, there is a good chance that you have
already encountered one of their "unannounced security screenings".
The
following is from a local news report down in Tennessee about how local
authorities are working with VIPR teams to fight "terrorism" on the
interstates....
You're
probably used to seeing TSA's signature blue uniforms
at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism
with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR).
"Where
is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely
on the interstate," said Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland
Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons.
Tuesday
TSA
VIPR teams now conduct approximately 8,000
"unannounced security screenings" at subway stations, bus terminals,
seaports and highway rest stops each year.
Are
you starting to see what I am talking about?
All
of this "security" is becoming extremely oppressive.
We
don't need "Big Brother" constantly watching
us, tracking us and fining us on our highways.
So do
you have any examples of how the highways of
Please
feel free to post a comment with your thoughts below....
