Monday, 16 February 2026

Alex Jones Interviews John Hurt⧸ TXDOT 1998 Pt 3 Of 3 [RgSuxtYZypw]

A tense confrontation over the Texas Department of Transportation reveals a future of automated ticketing, microwave engine interference, and the normalization of a high-tech police state.

By Mike Hanson Archives | 8m listen | 8 chapters
Alex Jones Interviews John Hurt⧸ TXDOT   1998   Pt  3 Of 3 [RgSuxtYZypw] cover

About this episode

Alex Jones and John Hurt of the Texas Department of Transportation confront the rapid expansion of surveillance infrastructure across the Lone Star State. Hurt confirms that the Texas Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety are actively testing automated camera systems at Austin railroad crossings to issue tickets. This shift toward automated law enforcement signals a departure from traditional human-led patrolling toward a technocratic model of revenue collection.

Time Magazine recently detailed the integration of sub-dermal microchips and smart cards in an article titled The Future of Money. These advancements coincide with the rollout of K-Tag transponders in Kansas and microwave-based vehicle disabling technology capable of killing engines remotely. In Austin, trailer-mounted radar signs near Lake Travis and Capital Texas Highway serve as data-gathering precursors to wider automated enforcement. These systems, alongside the placement of uniformed officers in high schools, represent a coordinated effort to normalize a constant police presence under the guise of public safety.

John Hurt defends the necessity of these measures for preventing accidents, yet the conversation takes a sharp turn when Jones highlights the five-year history of automated ticketing in California. The exchange captures the tension between bureaucratic efficiency and the erosion of individual privacy in the late nineties.


CHAPTER 01 / 8 Discussion

Texas Department of Public Safety and Highway Patrol Collaboration

The Texas Department of Transportation works closely with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to manage highway patrolling and traffic accidents outside city limits. While the DPS is described as a professional organization that provides immeasurable help, there is ongoing discussion regarding the testing of automated systems for issuing traffic tickets at railroad crossings in Austin.

dps· texas department of public safety· highway patrol· traffic control· law enforcement

00:00 How do y'all work with the DPS? Well, we work very closely with the DPS because it is the state law enforcement agency as far as patrolling the highways. Once you get outside of city limits if you have an accident or traffic control or traffic tickets that's the responsibility of the Department of Public Safety It's an extremely professional organization. We work very closely with them and they have been of immeasurable help to us on a number of occasions Thanks for your help sir Okay, appreciate it enjoyed it thanks for all the time you bet see makes it sound so good I know that this is early just said he said frankly the tickets are coming on the pole What I was saying was there are

00:40 there have been some projects where they've actually tested. Nobody's ever gotten a ticket from it, they just tested it to see if it worked. Here in Texas? Yes here in Austin at Railroad Crossings I mean they're actually giving tickets out for what five six years in California Yeah but we haven't done any of that and its purely something that a law enforcement agency would have to do and it is something right now I don't know if it's going to come to fruition, whether there is any interest in it. It's just one of those things... You said that it's probably coming as your opinion? No, well I think that far as that goes its here because we've already tested like at railroad crossings but if we can use a device like that keep people from running around crossing arms

CHAPTER 02 / 8 Discussion

Automated Toll Systems and K-Tag Transponder Implementation

Automated toll systems like K-Tag are becoming standard in states like Kansas, offering lower rates for drivers with transponders. Critics argue that while these systems are marketed as convenient, they lead to the elimination of human toll booth operator jobs and represent the expansion of smart highway infrastructure.

k-tag· transponders· toll booths· kansas· smart highways

01:19 at a railroad crossing and save the lives of some kids that's in a car seat doesn't have any choice about that. I understand. Save the kids for the children. Save the kids for the children like Clinton and Buddy The Dog, no seriously. They are already in Kansas and other states, you go through and the toll is almost nothing if you have a transponder in your car. K-Tag and all the rest of this garbage... And the problem is that the lady at the toll booth was like I love K-Tag! Yeah, you'll love it when everybody has one. But your job's gone lady! We see more and more of these smart highways and poll systems. And it seems to me like in the future, well it's not just the future, the April 27th issue of Time, The Future Of Money... You can probably find one there. Read on page 44 It talks about the best part quote, the best part is the chip

CHAPTER 03 / 8 Discussion

Time Magazine Article on Microchips and Future Currency

The April 27th issue of Time Magazine, titled "The Future of Money," contains a passage on page 44 discussing the potential for sub-dermal microchips in children. Concerns are raised that such technology, integrated with smart cards and highways, could allow the IRS or government to disable a citizen's vehicle or exclude them from the economy if they are deemed non-compliant.

time magazine· microchips· future of money· irs· black market

02:10 under your daughter's skin in the near future. You won't have to buy the drinks for her at the bar." Now that is on page 44, that is a type of mental illness that is in our mainstream media and I challenge you to go read that and then they talk about tollways and transponders and one card for everything and chips under the skin and how wonderful it is and how best part for your daughter is blah blah blah... Of course its always for children And if you sit there and read that And then you realize, wait a minute. If the IRS doesn't like me now and they're a bunch of criminals that's been proven out of control if they don't like me now they can come take my house or whatever but I could still mow yards or be in the black market economy selling shoes on the street or whatever Well what if they in 10 years have implemented this smart card and smart highways? You won't be able to get into your car drive down the road Your car will just turn off if you're not a good citizen or a good slave

CHAPTER 04 / 8 Discussion

Vehicle Disabling Technology and Microwave Engine Interference

Technological advancements are enabling systems that can remotely disable vehicle engines using microwave bursts, a concept previously featured on the Discovery Channel. Modern vehicles are being manufactured with an increasing number of internal transponders, which some observers characterize as a move toward a controlled technocracy.

discovery channel· microwaves· transponders· technocracy· engine shutoff

02:58 Well, that would take a great deal of technology. They hadn't been invented yet to turn your car off But all the technology does now is it uses? What in effect is the high-tech metal detector to read the speed of the bar goes over well when I that's the k tag? Center and the road they've made It's all these integrated systems And you know technologies doubling every four and a half years now at this current rate and the point I'm making is is they do have systems and it's been on Discovery Channel, microwaves that are harmful to people other things but they aim at your car for an instant. the engine will instantly stop and they're already making new cars that have more and more transponders inside of them. Again, this is not a conspiracy if you go read that sickening article in Time Magazine, The Future of Money it is a six page propaganda article so we'll accept the technocracy That's all I'm saying. Well we preached at ya, I appreciate it. No problem! We are a bunch of conspiracy theory maniacs

CHAPTER 05 / 8 Discussion

Texas Department of Transportation Bureaucracy and Camera Surveillance

A representative from the Texas Department of Transportation, Mr. Hurtt, admitted that the state is testing camera systems for issuing tickets, despite initial claims that the cameras were only for emergency rerouting and construction. There is a call for strict laws to prevent these traffic management tools from being repurposed for a police state or automated revenue collection.

texas dot· mr. hurtt· surveillance cameras· police state· bureaucracy

04:02 Mr. Hurt was honest in the respect that, hey I'm here with the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation is our job yes we work with law enforcement what they do is what they do with this system and yet they are practicing and training and doing tests here in Texas to give tickets with cameras as it's being done in other states but earlier in the interview he was giving us the department a transportation here in texas party line and then later off camera began to actually speak personally, and then of course here on Exposing Corruption

04:42 the Freedom Report, we went ahead and prodded him some more and got some of the information. And you heard it from him himself! We're going to have cameras that need to be for emergencies and for roadway construction and to reroute traffic they do not need to be for a technocracy this is growing up all around us on every single front So again thanks to Mr Hurtt from the Texas Department Transportation for being More honest than most bureaucrats, I think the guy may actually have a soul. Usually bureaucrats just sit around and lie but again this is the choice you have we're going to have these cameras we need strict laws against it being used to give people tickets or as a police state

CHAPTER 06 / 8 Discussion

Railroad Crossing Safety and Automated Ticket Testing

Texas officials have conducted tests in Austin using automated devices at railroad crossings to prevent drivers from bypassing crossing arms. While proponents argue these measures are necessary to save children's lives, skeptics point to California's five-year history of issuing tickets via these systems as evidence of an impending expansion of automated law enforcement.

railroad crossings· austin· california· child safety· traffic tickets

05:25 I know that you should have heard what he just said. He said, frankly the tickets are coming on the pole What i was saying was there are There have been some projects where they've actually tested Nobody's ever gotten a ticket from it They've just tested to see if it works here in texas yes In Texas here in Austin at railroad well i mean they're actually giving tickets out for what five six years in california Yeah but we haven't done any of that and it's purely It's something that a law enforcement agency would have to do and it's something that right now I don't know if it's going to come to fruition whether there's any interest in it. This is one of those things You said it's probably coming as your opinion now Well, I think that far as that goes at it here because we've already tested like at railroad crossings but if we can use a device like that keep people from running around crossing arms at us and

06:15 at a railroad crossing and save the lives of some kids that's in a car seat. He doesn't have any choice about that I understand, I'm all for it Save the kids' children The lives of some kid that's in a Save the lives of some kid that's in a Save the lives of some kid that's in Some kid that's in a Some kid that's in a car All for it Save the kids' children Uh huh Well, I kind of belabored it there but i just want to make the point and as soon as we turn the camera on if he starts going well they're gonna give tickets then we turn the camera back on. Well I did say kinda maybe. It's the way it always is He does have a job to protect so to speak What was your point about that? It does for me to call someone like this Thatcher One of the points I wanted to make was

CHAPTER 07 / 8 Discussion

Speed Monitoring Tests Near Lake Travis

Testing of speed monitoring systems is currently active near Lake Travis and on Capital Texas Highway using trailer-mounted radar signs. These devices display driver speeds to encourage slowing down, but they are also viewed as data-gathering tools for future automated enforcement systems.

lake travis· capital texas highway· radar guns· speed signs· surveillance

06:55 I've seen one of the tests that he's talking about, and i don't know if it works off a radar gun system or whatever but near Lake Travis right now there is certain road. I can't remember the name of it. Capital Texas Highway? No actually when you go down. Put them on capital texas highway. Okay but its big sign and your driving. Its trailer! And yeah it tells how fast your going and I think thats the idea testing it also to get people to slow down when they see how fast their going But im sure thats part of the test hes talking about so Ive seen this What are we gonna do to stop this I think it takes, number one just spreading the information letting people know that you know i say this again and again on all kinds of shows. You don't have to buy into conspiracy one little bit to not see how damaging many of these things can be. All it takes is a little bit of common sense and not much extrapolation to understand that this is something that can easily be abused and misused to the detriment of Americans everywhere. It's just like putting

CHAPTER 08 / 8 Discussion

Normalization of Police Presence and Incremental Tyranny

The placement of uniformed officers in high schools is identified as a method of conditioning the youth to accept constant police presence. Critics argue that regardless of whether one believes in global conspiracies, the incremental normalization of surveillance and law enforcement in daily life creates the infrastructure necessary for future tyranny.

school resource officers· police state· normalization· tyranny· illuminati

07:49 uniformed officers in high schools like I talked about earlier. You don't have to believe that's some part of some UN conspiracy or Illuminati or global elitist, all you have to understand is use some common sense if kids get used having cops around everywhere they go they come your house if your absent from school their in your school if you go to school They're going to grow up and be adults. They're going to get used to seeing cops everywhere, so when sheriffs stand up or DPS guys say hey we need a cop in every house or some ridiculous thing like that they are just going buy right into it. They'll be used to it. Incrementally they are getting used to having things like this around whether its done on purpose or not whether you believe the motives of it or not It doesn't matter The mechanisms are there for people to institute whatever type of tyranny they want