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Originally Posted by cornholio
This infringes on privacy rights on so many levels. I don't know why it is even being discussed. Do people really think this is viable or even smart? Lets not ignore the fact that just running this system would cost hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Ridiculous idea and shows a great deal of incompetence to even put this up for debate imo.
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I agree that privacy is very important, but I think it would be foolish to outright reject the idea because there are some concerns. I worked for a startup years ago that developed the technology for this and I can tell you there are many, many ways to protect privacy. You can anonymize the data, you can process location data at source so nothing is transmitted. These are just a few examples of what can be done.
In terms of cost, the data transmission costs would be minuscule compared to what most phones do. There would be costs for the units and for enforcement, but if you add all these costs together they are far less than the cost of other tolling technologies. When you compare the cost with the benefits of such a system, the return becomes much clearer. Recurrent congestion costs the region about $1.6 B per year and you could effectively eliminate that with such a system. You could also use the same technology for automated parking where you don't have to fill a meter, dial a phone number and can by the minute.