Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city

Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by cjensen on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:07PM (#13925202)

Fastrak is shipped with a mylar bag that prevents scanning so you can have privacy on-demand. Also, Caltrans routinely scans Fastrak transponders silently in non-toll areas to gauge traffic flow.

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by yellow_postit on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#13925539)

They still do ALPR from cameras to determine where to send the bill/ticket if you go through the lane without a pass.

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by toephu2 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:42PM (#13926044)

"Also, Caltrans routinely scans Fastrak transponders silently in non-toll areas to gauge traffic flow."

Wow really? Where exactly? The trackers are not that small and I doubt they are all over 280 or 101 otherwise I would have noticed them by now..

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by notmtaemployee on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:46PM (#13927926)

EzPass toll tags being read outside toll areas is very common through out the tri-state area. The project mahyarm mentioned below is called "Midtown in Motion" where the tags are used to control the traffic light timing dynamically throughout the day (with humans overseeing too). You can find the readers placed usually behind information signs that are mounted on gantries or just plain in the open on traffic lights: https://b-i.forbesimg.com/kashmirhill/files/2013/09/Screen-S...

The other uses for the tag data include generating real time travel time to NYC airports from certain location in the metro area, as well as the data is fed into planning and road maintenance authorities.

Finally related to the article about taking a picture of every car, this is really nothing new as every car that drives into Manhattan has its plate read regardless of which bridge or tunnel you take, and those ALPR's are operated by NYPD... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Brookyn_Bridg...

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by toephu2 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:26PM (#13933392)

I've seen those in NYC and don't doubt it, I'm talking about the Bay Area though.

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by mahyarm on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:50PM (#13927687)

I've seen a video of someone who rewired their transponder in NYC and showed it actually got scanned at every second intersection. You can do something similar with yours. I'm not too worried about it per se, since a camera can do something similar.

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by dublinben on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:23PM (#13928256)

I'm pretty sure this is the talk you're thinking of.[0]

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZxKlFV0chw

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Re:Carlsbad, CA to photograph every car entering city by pinaceae on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:23PM (#13925872)

they photoscan your license plate regardless.

i have one fastrak box and 4 vehicles. just registered all of them online, now i no longer need the box. this way they're also catching toll offenders.

golden gate bridge is fully automated now, scans every vehicle, no opt out lane.

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