Thankfully, my suspicion is that most people who've GOT to have "the latest thing," and those who won't spend the extra dough and don't want to be tracked, aren't the same people* (the latter likely being crooks).
*Has anybody noticed that, ever since Obama, the new word for "people" is now "folks?" Obama started that..."the folks this, the folks that." "What the folks want is this." "What the folks want is that." Now everybody in news and print uses "folks" instead of "people."
You're painting with too broad a brush. Criminals, not likely. More likely people that take their privacy a little more seriously and think the Constitution still has meaning.
You're painting with too broad a brush. Criminals, not likely. More likely people that take their privacy a little more seriously and think the Constitution still has meaning.
I appreciate that. I wasn't really responding in a philosophical sense, but more in the context of the value of our LPRs, and how the plates we grab might be affected by those we're the most concerned with (those being perps).
Can display a personalized banner message at bottom
Renew registration via an app
Can display PSA's
Has tracking ability
What possibly could go wrong with any of the five features? PLENTY, IMO.
Knowing how well the government-run web sites handled health insurance, I'm very leery of its dependability (registration) and it's security (tracking), not to mention what happens when someone displays "a personalized banner message at bottom" that someone (government?) doesn't like. Would they track you, hang a ticket on your windshield or boot your vehicle? To quote a famous @looney2ns , "Oh, HELL no!"
They could make it free or even pay me to use it and guess what...I'll still take a pass on it and they can still shove it where the sun don't shine.
I see it for a way to increase revenue for plates. Right now the States using it may not receive any of the profits, but want to bet they will in the future? Government, either party in charge, just can't resist a chance to "improve revenue".
The standard version has a battery (5 year?) while the 'Pro' version, the one that can be tracked, is hardwired to the electrical system. At least that is what it said.
I wonder how much it costs to replace a stolen Digital plate? Or when they steal you car, and remove the plate, there goes the tracking.....in the ditch...then there is the dark web sales, copycat digital plates, that use John Q GoodCitizens plate Numbers to go on a crime spree.
Well Im 61 now, I could be in a 6 foot pine box within 20 years, so maybe I'm not gonna get all worked up over it....maybe they can adorn my coffin with digital ID's and GPS locator.
Just in case of the Zombie Apacolypse. Ya, know, who wants to be walking around dead without ID? Or when my grandkids wanna track Zombie Me,,, they can use the " Find My Grandpa" App.
Oh look, a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. Why on earth do you have to subscribe to digital plates to renew your rego online? Renewing online here is as easy as downloading the free app.
www.caranddriver.com
