Big Brother Coming Soon to a Parking Space Near You

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Reino Enforcement Technology <http://www.reinosolutions.com/> has
> developed a "smart" parking meter called mPark. This parking meter
> accepts credit cards as well as coins and, if you register with them,
> the meter will send you a text message to your cell phone 10 minutes
> before your meter expires so you can run out and feed it. Gosh, that's
> durn nice of them, ain't it?
>
> Of course, when your time expires, the meter can also send a message
> to the handheld citation terminal of the closest meter maid so she can
> maximize her productivity (and ticket revenue for the city). That
> citation can then be efficiently processed via the company's ticket
> processing and collection software.
>
> What a great bunch of guys, eh?

So... what's the problem...? You're against theft now, as long as it's
performed by vehicle?!

Drivers have to pay the city (the public) to park on some public
streets. Some drivers steal from the public by not paying for that
parking. They get ticketed for stealing... it's just called a
"parking" ticket.

This concept could be extrapolated to apply to speeding tickets. By
exceeding the speed limit your are occuping space you have no legal
right to, ie. stealing it from all law abiding drivers. In the event
of a crash, morally, you're up **** creek even if a Sloth changes lanes
directly into your fender. If you hadn't been speeding, you wouldn't
be there for him to hit in the first place.

Just a thot...
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- gpsman