OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (PNN) - April 9, 2021 - Cash-strapped states are using COVID as an excuse to create AI-driven vehicle recognition or license plate reader surveillance programs.

As Rekor Systems president and CEO Robert Berman proudly boasts, “Because our technology works so well for vehicle recognition, we do more, we identify the vehicle’s make, model, color, body type, bumper stickers or window decals, rust, dents and other things like speed of travel and vehicle direction.”

Berman revealed that fast-food restaurants are using Rekor’s vehicle surveillance program “because it helps the folks who are making the food to do it more efficiently” claiming that it helps companies like Starbucks ID customers who order the same thing every day.

Berman also admitted that Rekor’s vehicle surveillance program is tied to smart city surveillance, saying, “This is where things are headed, this is where thing are going to converge.”

Rekor bills itself as an AI-driven vehicle recognition company, but it really is an AI-driven license plate reader company that “operates in over 500 regions worldwide.”

A recent article in One Zero, revealed that Oklahoma is using COVID as an excuse to secretly create a statewide mass vehicle surveillance program using Rekor to help raise much-needed funds.

Oklahoma, which has seen its tax revenue plummet alongside falling oil prices, announced a statewide rollout of Rekor One in November to track uninsured motorists.

From airports to schools and now vehicles, is there no end to using COVID to increase public surveillance?

A Rekor press release from November 2020 reveals just how big their vehicle surveillance program is.

“Use of the Rekor One platform by Oklahoma’s Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program (UVED) Program furthers the state’s mission to decrease the number of uninsured motorists on the road and keep matters out of the court system. The platform allows for real-time detection of non-compliant vehicles and instant data consolidation into a regularly updating insurance database connected to the State’s enforcement programs. Additionally, Rekor’s AI-driven technology identifies a vehicle’s make, model and color - providing additional validation for confirming vehicle identification.”

Rekor and the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council claim the program is an improvement over being stopped and fined by terrorist pig thug cops.

“Instead of receiving a criminal court summons and a $250 fine, uninsured motorists captured by Rekor’s cameras, which are mounted on utility poles and mobile trailers, are sent a violation notice to their home, hit with a $174 citation, and must enroll in an insurance policy through Rekor’s insurance portal.”

So instead of being stopped and fined by public officials, Oklahoma drivers should accept a statewide vehicle surveillance program that is designed to get more money out of people by mailing fines to their homes and forcing them to use Rekor’s insurance?

If people cannot afford to pay these would-be corporate overlords they could be prosecuted.