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BumRushDaShow

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11. It's probably because more and more municipalities are mass-deploying license plate readers

Reply to thesquanderer (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 02:25 PM

14 hrs ago

and red light cameras, and especially where the readers are replacing toll booths for those not using E-ZPass. So although it might have been reported on local media outlets, the national M$M has probably de-prioritized it in their tech articles in order to obsess over "AI". As it is, "The Independent" is a UK outlet, not a U.S. one.

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It's probably because more and more municipalities are mass-deploying license plate readers BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #11

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