In a few years, the word

In a few years, the word "stolen" may appear on stolen vehicles, or "uninsured" on insurance faulty cars. In the US, several states are launching experiments to remotely change the information displayed on the license plate of vehicles.
In the US, the Senate of the state of California passed last week a bill that authorizes experimental use of electronic license plates, instead of good old metal plates. Launched until 1 January 2017, the test is to display contextual information about vehicles plates, for example to signal that his insurance the home shopping channel was not renewed, or that the car was stolen. The plate number itself is not modified, the home shopping channel but it is possible the home shopping channel to display additional information on top.
Rather than a LCD or LED screen, these dynamics license plates use a similar electronic ink to that found on some reading the home shopping channel lights eBooks. The advantage is when the display uses no energy the home shopping channel except when necessary to update the information displayed. This information is transmitted wirelessly through a mobile network. Just as the owner of a stolen vehicle reports the theft to the police, and the car immediately receives the order to display "VOL E" on the plate. On the contrary, if the owner of an uninsured vehicle insurance renews the warning disappears.
As Ars Technica notes, other benefits arise less worthy of such technology, from the point of view of the authorities. the home shopping channel Send data to a license plate necessarily require the home shopping channel to know what stations have it routed, so that the car constantly reports the home shopping channel its location to the mobile network (exactly as do the phones). Therefore, it becomes possible to know precisely what are the movements the home shopping channel of a vehicle, or even calculate if there is speeding in a stretch. The possibilities will limit the imagination of the authorities.
For now, the draft specifies that only the private California company will be delegated project management will have access to such data. In addition to the maximum, only 0.5% of vehicles will be equipped by 2017.
It may take many years before such a project only happens in Europe and France. Especially since the American plates are much more suitable the home shopping channel in their own format. Indeed, US plates have a rectangular shape that makes room to display a message above the registration number, whereas European plates while length can easily accommodate additional information. Until next reform.
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Unless the board finds that it can not connect and displays a message "jammer used". But nothing new under the sun: there are already devices that prevents starting distance of a declared or stolen car which forced him to slow down if the thief is driving on.
These plates are not permanently connected the home shopping channel and can not be certain that they are victims of an interference. the home shopping channel The jamming is not a specific signal is simply the action to crush a frequency range with a very high intensity noise. A little like spending a loud heavy metal, never to hear arguments from neighbors.
Even deep in the deserts of Arizona, you can use your mobile phone, so the GSM signals can be received. If your plate only receives noise for 1 hour at a time, when there are m & ec