The Nightstar Zoo

Smart solar-powered road markers that can illuminate roads during heavy fog, detect ice and water, and even warn of bald tires. They can also detect and identify speeders (uh oh...), and even detect stolen vehicles by using optical character recognition on license plates.

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"I remember the first time I got laid. There was nothing but darkness at
first. Then movement, coming in fits and starts. Then I felt a weird
urge, and used my sharp beak to break free of that damnable prison."
—— Karim Rashad, in rec.martial-arts

In the same vein...

And another

He had one specifically relating to catching speeders and jaywalkers, but I can't seem to spot it at the moment. Betcha anything it won't be long before the US tries this too.

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delete this;

Here I heard of an electronic gizmo on the side of the road that displays your license plate number and tells you to put more distance between you and the care before you if you're too close.

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CALL ME MINH DAMMIT.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), 1895