That sci-fi course I took in college is definitely helping me understand current events 35 years later.
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Reminds of what I read in Wilt Chamberlain's autobiography... He used to speed down the turnpike (okay, whatever the toll roads are called back east) and at each toll-booth, he would quickly pay his toll before the ticket agent could calculate his speed by looking at his timestamps. He said he would average over 90mph between booths, in a think he said it was a Bentley.
Some American car rental companies starting doing this with GPS five or 10 years ago. They didn't issue a ticket, of course, but they tacked on a fee for any renter caught exceeding the speed limit on average between two points.
I haven't heard much about it recently, presumably because it wasn't good for repeat business.
Comments (4)
Reminds of what I read in Wilt Chamberlain's autobiography... He used to speed down the turnpike (okay, whatever the toll roads are called back east) and at each toll-booth, he would quickly pay his toll before the ticket agent could calculate his speed by looking at his timestamps. He said he would average over 90mph between booths, in a think he said it was a Bentley.
Posted by Harry | April 22, 2010 9:50 PM
Great, now just wait for our idiot "leaders" in Salem to get wind of this technology...
Posted by Westside Guy | April 22, 2010 10:00 PM
Big Brother
Posted by swimmer | April 23, 2010 6:44 AM
Some American car rental companies starting doing this with GPS five or 10 years ago. They didn't issue a ticket, of course, but they tacked on a fee for any renter caught exceeding the speed limit on average between two points.
I haven't heard much about it recently, presumably because it wasn't good for repeat business.
Posted by none | April 24, 2010 7:29 PM