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Best I can tell, SB 359 has been signed into law - this permits the scanning of license plates statewide to catch uninsured vehicles, with a citation mailed to the registered owner: https://fox23.relaymedia.com/amp/news/oklahoma-program-tackles-uninsured-driver-problems/515877514

Some may say it's more intrusion by the government into our lives, but having been hit twice by uninsured drivers I say it's about friggin' time. Oklahoma has more uninsured motorists than any other state - about 1 in 4. They need to use the scanned plate info to find out where the registered owner lives, then go make him or her listen to Tiny Tim records non-stop until they get their whips properly insured.
 

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When I was young and dumb I had many vehicles and when i got pulled over they found I did not have insurance they impounded the vehicle.
Forget sending a citation.. go there and impound the vehicle.
They fined me and took my ride.

I suppose a fine may get their attention especially if they do not pay it.. then a warrant is issued.

After I turned 17 I had insurance.
 

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http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/05/disquietude-part-1.html
Excerpt (read the whole thing):
The potential for abuse is awe-inspiring. I have dealt with several officers who had the mistaken impression that TCIC also functioned as a date service; what they could have done with this system makes me physically ill.

Got a sneaking suspicion about the little lady? Give her license plate number to your buddy the cop and find out exactly where she's been, at what time for the past how-ever-long the system has been in use.

Don't like guns? Run one of your patrol cars through gunshop parking lots, and see where else those plates have been. It's for the children, right?
References for the previous article: http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006/05/disquietude-part-2-references.html
Disquietude, part 2 - references

AutoVu Technologies

Civica Software and PlateScan

TAG-NABIT

G2Tactics

INEX Technologies

PIPS Technology, Inc.

Remington Elsag LLC

There may be some differences between what I learned and what is on the company websites, but there should be enough there for y'all to come to your own conclusions.

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Another article of his on the same topic:
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2008/09/smile-mr-orwell.html
Excerpt:
Seems like the British government is going to use their ALPR system to track 50 million plates per day -- and hold that information in a searchable database for five years.

Do note, if you would, the part about officers being "encouraged to fully and strategically exploit the database to reconstruct the whereabouts of drivers".

My particular favourite, however, has to be this quote:

Companies bidding to run the pay-as-you-go driving schemes have been asked to come up with a system to impose a minimum charge on motorists.

The charges would be imposed at all times and not just on the busiest roads or during rush hours.

The proposals are part of Government plans to encourage more people to use public transport or walk to fight rising obesity levels.Remember what I said earlier about official abuse? No doubt "the chiillll-dreeennn!" were used as the excuse -- but excuse or no, this is official abuse.

And I can't wait to see what other official abuses uses for the ALPR database the British Government will come up with.

Think it can't happen here? Think our money-grubbing city, county, State and Federal governments will be able to keep their paws out of this brand-new shiny money-pot?

But y'all feel free to go ahead and trust your government. After all, it's not like police are already using existing databases to stalk their ex-girlfriends or anything.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/b...d_police_database_to_stalk_ex-girlfriend.html
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6992...-police-officers-abuse-confidential-databases
https://www.rt.com/usa/361001-police-database-abuse-report/
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act...nd-avoids-more-jail-time-20150804-giqxvo.html
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/lo...cle_9e73c669-b8f2-5701-9ee1-9b9572adb7e4.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/NBC-6-Investigation-Cops-Use-Tech-to-Stalk-Exes-281837591.html
http://www.copwatch.org/databaseabuse.html
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-po...fidential-database-rules-stalk-ex-lovers-find

And my personal favorite:
Cop Found Guilty Of Using Police Database To Stalk, Kill & Eat Women, But Judge Set Him Free
 

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Forget sending a citation.. go there and impound the vehicle.

LEOs can already do that during a traffic stop I believe - the scanning of plates is just another tool to identify and get into the system the uninsured vehicles on the road.

I don't see how this will fix much. Illegals already drive without a license and insurance, you think it will bother them if tickets start piling up in the mailbox? They'll just move, use another name, steal a new plate or drive a relatives car.

I have to agree with you - but we should still try.
 

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I have to agree with you - but we should still try.
Call me a cynic, but all this will do is create one big headache. More data for the Gov't to get screwed up. Won't be long till someone has to spend a day at the police station because a warrant has been issued for unpaid tickets they received when their plate was stolen from the Walmart parking lot.

What is this system going to cost? Who's going to maintain it? OHP is already laying off people or cutting back due to financial shortages.

There's already an answer for this, if someone is pulled over without insurance, throw them in jail and impound the vehicle on the spot. No reason people without insurance should be allowed to continue driving the roads, even if tickets are floating around in the mail.
 

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How many hoops are you going to have to jump through if you recieve a ticket in error? How many forms of ID, registration, and insurance will you have to provide. And now insurance companies will add more fees to your bill to cover all the info being submitted to the .gov.
 

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How many hoops are you going to have to jump through if you recieve a ticket in error? How many forms of ID, registration, and insurance will you have to provide. And now insurance companies will add more fees to your bill to cover all the info being submitted to the .gov.

I'm sure mistakes will be made - but your insurance shouldn't go up due to this new bill, as all Oklahoma insurance companies have been submitting this data to the state for years. I no longer have to bring proof of insurance with me to a tag agency when I renew the registration on my vehicles as they can see in their system that the insurance is current. If anything, our insurance ought to go down as more uninsured motorists are caught and forced to get current. I won't be holding my breath waiting for that to happen, though.
 

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