4 Comments for Why do some cars have black and white bar codes on the windows?
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nh3gashauler | June 26th, 2007 at 10:26 am
It was a rental car…peel that sticker off.
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NEWBEE1 | June 26th, 2007 at 10:39 am
It’s the VIN number in the front window, rental cars place theirs in the rear window. Which one are we talking.
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nrmaloutsider | June 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
The barcodes are part of different systems which allow vehicles to easily be tracked and/or identified in various situations. Some of these include: toll booths for highway sytems, security measures, fleet inventory.
Just as barcodes on consumer goods and in industrial/commerical uses, much information can be stored in a barcode.
In toll booth situations, a car’s owner can be charged the toll without the vehicle’s driver having to stop and physically pay a cash toll. Instead the eletronic scanner, just like smaller versions in retail stores, “reads” the vehicle as the vehicle passes under/through the reader, and it enters the date into the system for whatever purpose the barcode was designed.
A very beneficial/efficient system used in several states on the east coast is called EZPASS. EZPASS involves barcodes placed in the windshield area of vehicles and when the vehicle passes thru toll booths in participating states, the toll is easily assessed without the vehicle having to stop.
I believe my state, PA, along with NY, MD, NJ, DE, VA and maybe others all use the same barcode on the vehicle.
This allows the state agencies to bill the owner monthly for all uses of the toll roads instead of collecting tolls during each trip. Makes the passage through toll booths much easier & faster. Thus reducing traffic congestion and delays at these locations.
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star_accord | June 26th, 2007 at 11:16 am
to make it go faster… na…i have a Honda with black codes on the windows for security reasons for the thieves
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4 Comments for Why do some cars have black and white bar codes on the windows?
1. nh3gashauler | June 26th, 2007 at 10:26 am
It was a rental car…peel that sticker off.
2. NEWBEE1 | June 26th, 2007 at 10:39 am
It’s the VIN number in the front window, rental cars place theirs in the rear window. Which one are we talking.
3. nrmaloutsider | June 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
The barcodes are part of different systems which allow vehicles to easily be tracked and/or identified in various situations. Some of these include: toll booths for highway sytems, security measures, fleet inventory.
Just as barcodes on consumer goods and in industrial/commerical uses, much information can be stored in a barcode.
In toll booth situations, a car’s owner can be charged the toll without the vehicle’s driver having to stop and physically pay a cash toll. Instead the eletronic scanner, just like smaller versions in retail stores, “reads” the vehicle as the vehicle passes under/through the reader, and it enters the date into the system for whatever purpose the barcode was designed.
A very beneficial/efficient system used in several states on the east coast is called EZPASS. EZPASS involves barcodes placed in the windshield area of vehicles and when the vehicle passes thru toll booths in participating states, the toll is easily assessed without the vehicle having to stop.
I believe my state, PA, along with NY, MD, NJ, DE, VA and maybe others all use the same barcode on the vehicle.
This allows the state agencies to bill the owner monthly for all uses of the toll roads instead of collecting tolls during each trip. Makes the passage through toll booths much easier & faster. Thus reducing traffic congestion and delays at these locations.
4. star_accord | June 26th, 2007 at 11:16 am
to make it go faster… na…i have a Honda with black codes on the windows for security reasons for the thieves
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