Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)

Man, this is amazing! Thanks to the folks over at Neatorama for posting this YouTube video. This system, with side and forward-facing cameras, can check 3000 license plates per hour.

Big Brother? Maybe. But it shouldn't matter if you aren't doing anything illegal, right?? For the record this is nothing new as it's been used in the UK for a while.

Find out more about Automatic License Plate Recognition.

Vintage Ad - Volkswagen Transporter

A fine piece of vintage German animation! Jalopnik posted the YouTube beauty this morning. Leave it to VW to be catchy, funny, absorbing, and edgy (like THIS).

Tacoma's LeMay Museum building sooner

The LeMay Museum, the world's largest private car collection will be on display sooner than we anticipated. This is great news for classic car lovers in the Pacific Northwest!

Website Spotlight - OKChevys.com

The Central Oklahoma Classic Chevy Club has done a nice job of transcribing vintage car reviews on their website, including Speed Age's December 1958 review of the `59 Chevy. In fact they've cataloged reviews from 1955 to 1971 in the Memory Lane section of the site. Any classic car nut can appreciate a project of this magnitude, because to duplicate it would mean spending countless hours either at the library, the swap meet, or on eBay finding the backissues they've compiled right on this site. Nice work!

Their site overall is worth a look so visit http://www.okchevys.com to check it out. You'll be greeted by a nice Flash intro that has fun pictures of "The Hot Ones" from 1955 to 1957. Once you're into the site, there's some great information in the Reference library and club car photos in Club Information.

Once you're ready to see the car reviews, click [Nostalgia] and then [Memory Lane] to visit the list. Enjoy your visit...I sure did!