Posted on 08/27/2014 6:34:34 AM PDT by blam
August 27, 2014
By Terence P. Jeffrey
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, published last week an "advanced notice of proposed rulemaking" on "vehicle-to-vehicle communications."
What NHTSA is proposing could begin a transformation in the American transportation system that makes our lives better and freer — or gives government more power over where we go and when.
In announcing its proposed rulemaking, NHTSA is stressing its intention to protect the "privacy" of American drivers.
"This document initiates rulemaking that would propose to create a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, FMVSS No. 150, to require vehicle-to-vehicle communication capability for light vehicles," says NHTSA's dryly-worded notice.
What do vehicle-to-vehicle communications entail?
NHTSA has crafted a nice phrase to describe the information cars would broadcast. It is the "Basic Safety Message."
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(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
next step.. Personal On Star systems
“wprn by all, loved by all”
Sort of. Hard to find higher end GM vehicles without it, and even if you don't keep the subscription, the hardware is still there and can be reactivated by the company without your consent
And this is where in the Constitution?
FUUSDOT
I think all government employees should wear a GPS ankle monitor.
The other possiblilty is that they could scramble the onboard computer remotely, and not only shut you down, but turn the vehicle into a boat anchor
Now you're just being funny.
same as me.
I refuse to have a built in GPS, on star, those security Apps, and those other sites like carbonite or other sites which let you down load your info so it’s supposedly safe.
Better turn your cell phone off or leave it at home then.
There is no need for this type of a system to identify the driver or passengers in the vehicle, just enough information to make its presence known. “There is a vehicle here, watch out for it.”
constitution, that old piece of paper, that is so yesterday,.
Sarc
You’d think things like marriage was a constitutional right too according to the left, or welfare is a constitutional right.
The important words are “as currently contemplated”
Once the system is in place the recording part will be quietly implemented possibly not even by the DOT.
If this data is floating out there anyone can capture it and record it. It does not have to be the DOT.
Home Land Security will quickly take advantage of this easily obtainable information “to promote the safety of the United States”
actually when we leave as a family we turn the phones off to.
Most times around town I never take a phone with me either, it’s nice not being bugged all the time.
Good. Then I can hack into the car ahead of me and mash the gas pedal so he goes the damn speed limit!
and we need this why? I wonder if someone will actually ask that question.
I’ve said it before, by now our grand parents would have been shooting.
Isn't everything?
On a related creepy issue. The car I purchased last year has satellite radio factory installed. When the dealer asked if I wanted it activated, I said "never"
Over the past year the calls, emails, letters, unbelievebly cheap offers have been relentless. Same answer "no". With a reason. When I drive somewhere I prefer local radio for local road, weather, and safety conditions. Does a reason shut them up? No. Relentless, still. They even had some poor kid with a reason explaining why I was wrong. Still no, even when it was down to $4 a month.
Well last week I got a letter. Satellite radio would be FREE for three days! I didn't activate it, they couldn't pay me to turn on that dang tracker in my car.
Well here's the creepy part. It's activated! This is a 2013 car. That means they could track my car, finagle that radio on, without me doing anything or approving anything.
Another giant leap forward...for big brother.
Kinda like IFR for cars.
Well, at least we can feel comforted in the thought that we’re safe here on FR. LOL! They’re watchin’. Do you use a garmin or something like that? We used one on a trip and it can tell me how fast I’m going and I started wondering if I went over a certain speed, would it notify someone? Hmmmmmm. I did notice that when I was 3mph over, the numbers turned from green to red. LOL! Break out the map Honey.
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