IMHO this type of scheme is championed by some high tech company looking to
sell the government a bill of goods on the idea by baffling them with BS
justifications, then winning a highly lucrative contract to provide the
equipment and operate it (because they make the technology it so proprietry
that no one else can bid on the contract and they have the gov by the short
ones once it's in place). A perfect example is the red light cameras, I
haven't seen any statistics that prove they have any real significance in
reducing traffic accidents except possibly at a few specific intersections,
but they generate huge profits for the companies that install and monitor
them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
To: "Haden, Bruce" <bhaden@ucsd.edu>; "Paul Andrews" <emosound@erols.com>;
<autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: California DMV chief wants to track all drivers with GPS bugs
> > My apologies for being too general. I was referring to the people in
> > high places, often appointed and unaccountable, who cook up ideas like
> > this. By contrast, the people who actually WORK at the Ca DMV are very
> > helpful in general, even with oddball registration problems. There are
> > too many people putting forth ideas like this and it is easy to paint
> > everyone associated with them as "bad guys" without intending to. Sorry
>
> Apology accepted.
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4
CT2846L
> pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
> "TOOLS? Hell, any fool can work with tools. It takes a real mechanic to
> work with this junk." -Orv Ethier, 1921-2004. First Shot Naval Vets,
Pearl
> Harbor Survivor.
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