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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 5:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Top Tier
Every time a car, bus or truck drives into Manhattan on either a bridge or thru a tunnel its license plate would be screened and photographed. All part of the new multi-million dollar security plan proposed by the NYPD. Its aim? Prevent another terrorist attack.
How on earth does this prevent anything? A vehicle laden with explosives could still drive through and blow up somewhere in Manhattan. With this system we'd likely be able to tell when and where the vehicle entered the area, but only after it went boom. How does that prevent anything? Our tax dollars at waste...
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