Technology is great.
Technology is great when it works.
Technology is great when it works, especially when it ISN'T working against
you.
Here at AutoSpies we love technology, there's no other way to put it. However, a new device really just grinds my gears. It's built by Peak Gain Systems and is known as Cordon. Long story short it is a speed measuring device that can track more than 30 cars at one time!
Without question that's an impressive feat; however, this whole revenue scheme concocted by local government organizations is getting absurd already. Now I am not going to pull a Dennis Miller and get started on a rant or anything but it doesn't seem like
speeding is the problem. If anything, it's poorly educated drivers who are not following the rules of the road, which is the true problem.
If you thought law enforcement officials were bad at giving out tickets now, just wait until this puppy gets implemented in the US in 2012. If that's the case I actually hope the world does end!
Cordon, a program developed by Peak Gain Systems, can monitor the speed and license plates of traffic that’s coming and going spanning across four lanes. And, according to Gizmodo, it can see this information for up to 32 cars at the same time...
...As Colorado’s News 9 NBC affiliate notes in its report, speeders who used to feel safe in the pack are no longer safe. The program categorizes cars by color: green is legal, yellow means over the limit and red means you’re going fast enough for a ticket....[Source: The Blaze]
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