LOCKING DOWN TOLL AUTHORITIES!

Just months ago, in an exclusive report called "Big Brother on the Highway", I first reported the fact that TxDOT was secretly capturing license plate info on all cars driving on Austin toll roads during the free drive test period. TxDOT (or it's contractors) could have sold that data to others since it is not against the law.

Chris Willis of KXAN picked up the story from this blog and did a great article. See the KXAN VIDEO HERE. KXAN also caught TxDOT's Gabriela Garcia red handed - lying and flip flopping about the facts.

Yesterday, HB 570 (by state Rep. David Leibowitz, D-San Antonio) passed the house. HB 570 would keep any toll agency in the state from selling or leasing license plate information (including data received from toll booth cameras) to private companies.