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Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by [deleted] »

ang_cire wrote: post #92
chatmasta wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The argument from OP was: > the odds you get a ticket from a hidden camera are very low if you just respect the speed limits And the comment I was responding to was about how speed limits are unreasonable. So I maintain that the comment did not refute OP's point. The reasonableness of the speed limits is irrelevant to whether or not you get fewer tickets when you drive below the posted speed limit.

This is the driving equivalent of "just follow instructions"; you're ignoring that they are intentionally making the speed limits difficult to respect in order so that they can ticket you. Telling people not to get tricked is just victim blaming.

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Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by whelp_24 »

komali2 wrote: post #108
pesfandiar wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd argue speeding is even worse, but to each their own.

Speeding isn't great but speed tickets and traps clearly are doing nothing to stop speeding. There's really only one solution that works to prevent speeding: road design. Make roads less straight, less big. Add more obstacles and flow interrupts. Private cars are obsolete anyway. Replace more lanes with bus lanes and be done with the problem altogether. It's frankly insane that we allow people to operate a private ca…

Private cars aren't obsolete (how could they be?), and banning them is a freedom of movement issue. Not everyone lives in New York City. Not to mention the joy of driving should be taken away

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by xvilka »

amatecha wrote: post #88

Ooohh the software[0] runs on Ubuntu and optionally uses a GPS receiver... I happen to have a computer with such a receiver - a Panasonic ToughBook CF-31, which happens to have been formerly used by local LE (they all have them mounted in their cars). Would be pretty hilarious to use one of their old laptops to "snoop unto them as they snoop unto us", right? hahah ;) [0] https://github.com/datapartyjs/rfparty-monitor

JavaScript... Unusual choice of language for the RF tool.

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by darkclouds »

trdtaylor1 wrote: post #3

I feel like there are far better ways to determine police locations just by finding their other, more powerful, radio frequency footprints.

In the UK we cant listen into radio communications, we can still identify it using the same techniques that is used to work out encrypted internet communication, namely the traffic patterns of the radio devices.

In more than 100 countries, Tetra (Trans European Trunked Radio) is used.

This was published a couple of months ago.

https://www.tetraburst.com/

https://github.com/MidnightBlueLabs/TETRA_burst

http://rageuniversity.com/PRISONESCAPE/JAMMING%20RADIO%20GSM...

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by quickthrower2 »

theturtle32 wrote: post #89
jeffbee wrote: post #87

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Solid argument for outlawing fossil fuels.

Lol. Yep, and not to mention regenerative braking on EVs actually recoups and stores the energy as it slows the vehicle's descent!

Which you otherwise lose to friction and air resistance

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by whelp_24 »

throw10920 wrote: post #21
hightrix wrote: post #14

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Yes. Many speed limits are set lower than they need to be. On many roads, including freeways, the average speed of traffic is higher than the speed limit. Driving the speed limit on these freeways is dangerous. Additionally, many speedometers read slightly higher than the actual speed. Driving the exact speed limit on many roads as shown by your speedometer means you are actually driving quite slow. Repecting the spe…

> Many speed limits are set lower than they need to be. ...the only correct response to which is to contact the state government and complain while continuing to respect the law. Breaking the law while remaining silent is diametrically opposed to the democratic system that the US, at least, aspires to. > need to be ...oh, and vehicle inefficiency increases superlinearly with speed[1]. Until the majority of the vehicl…

If you've never encountered a dangerous situation in the right lane, you don't drive very often or very far or both.

Electric vehicles are not actually better than gas for continuous use, they're better in the city when the traffic is stop and go.

Losing minutes (and hours) of your life for a minor improvement on the climate seems odd. Spending that energy on reducing corporate offenders (like shipping with bunker oil) would be more effective in achieving closer the maximum 20% reduction. Lobbying for better public transportation is better than slowing everyone down. (though it's unfortunate how often those lobbying want to replace instead of augment cars.)

If the majority of drivers feel the limits are too low, and the limits stay low, can you argue democracy is working? It's more likely you favor the status quo and know that contacting a politician is rather unlikely to get it changed.

Electric cars are more efficient in general, the relative efficiency is what I am comparing. Keep in mind, that the best path is to drive your current car until it's irreparable before buying any new car electric or not.

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by FireBeyond »

whichfawkes wrote: post #64
LeoPanthera wrote: post #48

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20% means you drive at 80 in a 65. That is in no way acceptable.

For sure it is. Have you never been outside your city? There's stretches of flat, straight-ish interstate in the US that continue for dozens of miles with near-perfect visibility. Sometimes, there's no traffic. Go 120 for all I care, just slow down when you're near something.

Let's hope your car can handle that.

Or the road is in good condition.

Or that your tires are rated for that speed (T or higher).

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by zbrozek »

brobinson wrote: post #55
zbrozek wrote: post #29

Am I doing something wrong? The downloaded video mp4 seems highly broken. I see two side-by-side copies of the content within the frame, with artifacts that make it impossible to read anything.

It's a 23 minute video that is 21mb. The video quality is (intentionally?) extremely low.

It's definitely a playback issue. VLC is rendering it incorrectly while Firefox is handling the same file just fine (albeit with the expected low quality for the file size).

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by komali2 »

whelp_24 wrote: post #112
komali2 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speeding isn't great but speed tickets and traps clearly are doing nothing to stop speeding. There's really only one solution that works to prevent speeding: road design. Make roads less straight, less big. Add more obstacles and flow interrupts. Private cars are obsolete anyway. Replace more lanes with bus lanes and be done with the problem altogether. It's frankly insane that we allow people to operate a private ca…

Private cars aren't obsolete (how could they be?), and banning them is a freedom of movement issue. Not everyone lives in New York City. Not to mention the joy of driving should be taken away

> how could they be?

More space, time, and energy efficient transportation options have existed for nearly 200 years. These options move more people further more quickly and safely than private cars. Furthermore, these options are more environmentally friendly, and improving them as technology advances can be done through retrofitting. My friend does retrofitting of classic cars with electric drive, it's prohibitively expensive for mass adoption.

These options being cable cars and trains. Modern electric busses are pretty good too.

It seems quite obvious to me the private car is obsolete. What advantage is there considering that mass adoption of the private vehicle leads to more death, more environmental harm, and less people getting to less places, slower, and more pissed off because they had to stay focused the entire drive?

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