NDLI: Automated traffic enforcement which respects "driver privacy"

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Blumberg, A.J. Keeler, L.S. Abhi Shelat
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Math., Chicago Univ., IL, USA (Blumberg, A.J.)
Abstract	At many intersections in downtown Los Angeles, cameras take pictures of the license plates of vehicles which run red lights. This information is used to automatically mail tickets to offenders. It seems likely that such systems becomes increasingly widespread in the near future, as they are perceived to be effective in cutting down on traffic infractions, boosting governmental revenues, and freeing law enforcement officials for other tasks. However, a network of cameras poses dramatic threats to the privacy of motorists - if kept continuously running, such a network could be used to track detailed driving habits of specific individuals. Speculative proposals involving state-monitored GPS transmitters in every registered vehicles pose even greater threats to "driver privacy". This situation is an example of the standard tension between citizen privacy and law enforcement. In this paper, we discuss the design of a novel camera-free protocol for traffic monitoring involving EZ-pass-like transponders. Our system uses cryptographic algorithms to guarantee that the state is able to detect and identify violators of a wide variety of traffic laws (light violations, speeding, illegal turns, and so forth) without having the ability to track the movements of motorists. That is, we design a traffic monitoring system with the property that no matter how it is misused, it is impossible to reconstruct the driving paths of specific cars. On the other hand, the system also guarantees that specific information about motorists who commit traffic infractions can be recovered. In addition, this protocol can be easily adapted for sophisticated and nuanced anonymous toll-collection. The system is fairly easy to implement and is immune to a variety of attacks and cheats.
Starting Page	941
Ending Page	946
File Size	189864
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780392159
DOI	10.1109/ITSC.2005.1520177
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-09-16
Publisher Place	Austria
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Privacy Cameras Law enforcement Monitoring Licenses Vehicles Postal services Telecommunication traffic Boosting Proposals
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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