BIG BROTHER
ON THE HIGHWAY
ON THE HIGHWAY
It would be expected that the licence plates of violators would be recorded, but a TxDOT bureaucratic contractor is capturing ALL license plate numbers of ALL vehicles that drive on the new Central Texas toll roads, whether drivers have elected to register for a TxTAG or not.
Citizens have been offered to "try out" the new toll roads "for free", but they've not been informed that they are being tracked. We don’t know how long the data will be archived, if the information is shared with other government agencies, or if the database is being sold to the highest bidder.
Express Personnel in Austin, Texas has begun hiring "Image Review” Specialists for toll road contractor Washington Group International (WGI). WGI is partnering with PBS&J (involved in at least $36 Million of fraud) and United Toll Systems (UTS) who all have a piece of the "Freeway Toll" profits. Along with Halliburton, WGI is one of the highest paid contractors, receiving Billions in contracts, for the Iraq war.
The job entails data input of license plate numbers of all vehicles using the new toll roads. Photographs of each license plate, of each car entering the toll road are taken. A database of ALL traffic is being created.
The actual Job posting found on Express Personnel website today:
Locations: AustinUNACCOUNTABLE FREEWAY TOLL ROADS
Title/Description: Toll Road Image Review Clerks
(57 Needed!!!)
Date Posted: Nov 21
This position is responsible for data entry from pictures of vehicle license plate numbers into the Image Processing software application.
Has an on-going knowledge of policies/guidelines as directed by management. Is flexible and can adjust to other duties of the CSC based on business needs. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs. Perform accurate data entry of license plate numbers from images into database. Has overall knowledge of company/client guidelines for resolution codes to be used on the images reviewed. Reaches or exceeds daily quotas for number of images processed and acceptable error rates. Backs up the Call Center incoming phone calls per established company standards. Assists with patron account maintenance.
Please email resumes to jennifer.habermann@expresspersonal.com
Don’t forget, these are different from any other toll roads in the U.S., the MoPAC and 45 North tolls permanently take and toll our public expressways. Frontage roads with stop lights are not a comparable alternative to an expressway, and people will be forced onto the tolled freeway.
The government has yet to establish any laws, guidelines or privacy policies on collection of this type of data.
Peter Samuels of TollRoadsNews.com has reported how we’ve already paid for the right of way of OUR public highway. Note the tollers call the Highway Robbery 'donated', “...Right of way, most of which was donated is valued at $695m”
A past employee who quit the “Image Review” position after the first day of work told me the quota of 4000 license plate images must be placed into the database per shift, per employee. His statement illustrates why he quit before his first shift was complete:
“I personally think that this is improper considering that there is no need for a database other than to infringe on the privacy of the public.”IMPORTANT NOTE: The government has yet to establish any laws, guidelines or privacy policies on collection of this type of data.
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