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Here's What to Do if an Emergency Vehicle Pulls Behind You at a Red Light

Dec

2018

Emergency Vehicles

Here's What to Do if an Emergency Vehicle Pulls Behind You at a Red Light

Brenda, of Orlando, asked, "I'm stopped at a red light, with an emergency crew coming up behind me, what do I do?"

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Dec

2018

Surveillance

Is Your EZ Pass Spying on You?

EZ Pass offers cashless, open road tolling across 17 states. The catch? States using the system might also be watching you.

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Texas Lawmakers Move to Save Red Light Cameras

Nov

2018

Red Light Cameras

Texas Lawmakers Move to Save Red Light Cameras

Texas lawmakers are taking steps to keep newly re-elected Governor Greg Abbott from fulfilling a major campaign promise.

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Ford CEO Frankly Admits That the Car of the Future Is a Surveillance Device That You Pay to Spy on You

Nov

2018

Surveillance

Ford CEO Frankly Admits That the Car of the Future Is a Surveillance Device That You Pay to Spy on You

Hackett vowed to increase that share by using the leverage he could exert over his debtors to force them to let him spy on them.

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Cobb Renews School Bus Camera Contract, Expects to Make $10M in Fines

Nov

2018

School Bus Cameras

Cobb Renews School Bus Camera Contract, Expects to Make $10M in Fines

County commissioners voted at their meeting Tuesday to renew a five-year contract with the company that mails $300 tickets to drivers for not properly stopping at school buses when their stop arms are down.

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Here's the Secret Details of 200 Cities' License-Plate Tracking Programs

Nov

2018

License Plate Readers

Here's the Secret Details of 200 Cities' License-Plate Tracking Programs

All told, these programs account for 2.5 billion license plate scans, in which 95% of the vehicles scanned were not under suspicion of any wrongdoing. The data collected in each program was shared with an average of 160 other agencies.

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The DEA and ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras in Streetlights

Nov

2018

Surveillance

The DEA and ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras in Streetlights

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have hidden an undisclosed number of covert surveillance cameras inside streetlights around the country, federal contracting documents reveal.

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Ohio Judge to Rule on Ohio Speed Camera Legality

Nov

2018

Speed Cameras

Ohio Judge to Rule on Ohio Speed Camera Legality

Attorney Marc E. Dann is back in an Ohio courthouse in his challenge to the speed camera program in Girard.

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Machesney Park's Controversial Speed Enforcement Vehicle

Nov

2018

Speed Cameras

Machesney Park's Controversial Speed Enforcement Vehicle

Local social media has been buzzing about a photograph of what appears to be a motorist's vehicle stranded along the side of Rt. 173.

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