Re: GATSO 2: The revenge of GATSO.Pt2 - LONG

Mark Foster <m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-14180F.10183617112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
net:

> In article <Xns97116374770DCraykeattchnowherecom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Cessna172 <ray.keattch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Brimstone" <brimstone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:dlfpj6$i0v$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>> > iakobski wrote:
>> >> Well it happenned to me - I had my vehicle seized and my licence
>> >> (which I was carrying) seized, because there was an error in the
>> >> police computer which said I did not have a licence.
>> >>
>> >> I don't care that it's "rare", and I don't care that my selfless
>> >> night in the cells and three trips to court to prove my innocence
>> >> supposedly helped to catch some real criminals. I had to endure
>> >> that, and I shouldn't have.
>> >
>> > Can you offer an alternative solution that stands some chance of
>> > getting the unlicenced and uninsured off the road? Accepting of
>> > course that any database should be up to date and accurate.
>> >
>>
>> I have written all the database and software systems for my company
>> over the last 7 years. Despite my best effort, the staff who use it
>> still manage to put in rubbish at times - my company has only 300
>> employees.
>>
>> How any system will never have an error in the data is beyond me. To
>> be honest, I am shocked Mark imagines there could be.
>
> I don't imagine there ever could be such a system and I have never
> said that I do. It is precisely because no such system can ever be
> infallible that a prosecution should NEVER rely solely on it.
>

Correct, so it isn't the system that you have a problem with, its the
implementation. I would agree it should be implemented sensibly.

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Cessna172
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