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This article first appeared on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=42

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060811/us_nm/speeding_dc

“I don’t want to get off on a rant here…”
Dennis Miller, 1995

Reuters reports on mortgage banker Francesca Cisneros, who has been issued 70 different speeding tickets by the Police Scottsdale Francesca Cisneros, resulting in over US$11,000 in fines.

Until recently, she had been ignoring the tickets, which were mailed to her after police cameras recorded her Honda Civic violating posted speed limits around the city.

One important aspect of security is verification, especially involving one’s identity. Traffic monitoring systems such as Scottsdale’s sometimes take pictures of the car’s driver, in an attempt to verify the driver’s identity.

Another important issue is non-repudiation. This is an important consideration in digital agreements and e-commerce, as both the buyer and seller must pledge that they will not break their contract.

Driving is a good example of a social contract.

This article also involves the topic of reputation. The application of information technology and systems to traffic enforcement provides new opportunities to measure and share information about driver behavior and performance. Assuming that these systems can recognize and read license plates, it’s possible that these systems could identfy frequent offenders for additional scrutiny.

USA: So how many Floridians also vote in New York? What about all those Wisconsites who winter in Arizona? An interesting question with no quick answers.

Sports: SI.com - Recap: As bad as the Rays have been playing, their expansion partners are even worse. Randy Johnson should be going to Anaheim any day now. “With his teammates’ backing, Jamey Wright cruised to his first win of the season. Wright threw five strong innings in his return to the Colorado Rockies and four teammates homered in an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks , who have dropped a franchise-record 13 straight games.”

Sports: Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Devil Rays 6, Diamondbacks 2: “The Tampa Bay Devil Rays stretched their franchise-record winning streak to nine games, beating Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 Friday night behind Jose Cruz Jr.’s three-run homer. Rey Sanchez added a run-scoring triple and Geoff Blum an RBI double for the Devil Rays, who have won 20 of 26 overall. They also snapped Johnson’s six-game winning streak in the first meeting between these 1998 expansion teams. ”