Originally Posted by
xyzzy
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...
My guess is this has more to do with revenue generation than terrorism.
I'm sure this system will catch plenty of traffic scofflaws w/ outstanding tickets, deadbeat parents behind on their child support and other assorted people who owe the government money.
Of course this will be touted as just a side benefit of this important "tool" in the war on terror.
But the real tools are the Orwell fans that dreamed this scheme up.
