"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
03/27/2014 at 11:16 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
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This morning on my way in to work, I found myself sitting behind this beautiful piece of government revenue collection technology. It has at least 7 cameras I can see: 4 on the back, 3 on the roof toward the front. Maybe more. Street parkers in Madison beware, the city is coming for you!
Stupidru
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03/27/2014 at 11:17 |
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I knew they were parking Nazis, but that seems a bit overkill
HammerheadFistpunch
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03/27/2014 at 11:17 |
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are these back 2 camera's looking at each other?
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Textured Soy Protein
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/27/2014 at 11:20 |
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Hard to tell from the picture but hey're angled away from the back of the car a little bit.
jariten1781
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03/27/2014 at 11:24 |
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Parking enforcement around here has cameras, but they're much more discrete than that. It looks like they just cudgeled off the shelf security cameras all over that thing.
RazoE
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03/27/2014 at 11:25 |
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Seems like they're just driving around, recording EVERYTHING. Then they'll go through the footage later and send tickets through the mail to any offenders spotted.
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> jariten1781
03/27/2014 at 11:26 |
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I think here they actually want the cameras to be so noticeable, so when people see this monstrosity driving around it puts the fear of parking tickets in them.
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> RazoE
03/27/2014 at 11:49 |
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I did a little research and it turns out they're a little trickier than that , actually.
There cameras are recording all the cars as the parking enforcement officer drives around. The cars are running a system called autoChalk .
"This innovative system includes rugged lasers, cameras, precision GPS locating devices and a Panasonic Toughbook computer. The autoChalk system alerts Parking Enforcement Officers (PEO) of a detected violation, which must then be verified by the PEO thru the data displayed. A citation is then issued."
Also apparently if you move your car just a little bit, they still might give you a ticket if your car is still on the same block.
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RazoE
> Textured Soy Protein
03/27/2014 at 11:52 |
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That's stupid. I thought as long as the wheels make one complete revolution, it's been "moved."
Damn Meter-maids are getting ruthless.