Posted on 09/02/2014 10:53:15 AM PDT by shove_it
Eye and head tracking sensors will make it harder to text while driving
General Motors is reportedly installing sensors in its next generation of cars that will detect drivers’ eye and head motions and alert drivers to prolonged moments of distraction...
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
>>But if you are not doing anything wrong you don’t have anything to fear... right...<<
Right? That’s always a good one.
Freedom, the right to move about unhindered, right to reasonable privacy even in public and the right to be left alone to live your life without mountains of regulation and laws on top of laws on top of even more laws.
>>I don’t want the government or insurance company in my car with me.<<
Too late, it’s already happening. The insurance lobby WILL take advantage of the black box data.
No question about it. The only question is when.
[ Freedom, the right to move about unhindered, right to reasonable privacy even in public and the right to be left alone to live your life without mountains of regulation and laws on top of laws on top of even more laws. ]
Part of Freedom is the government RESPECTING people enough that they trust them to do the right thing without having to keep them under constant surveilence...
Even though I always wear my seatbelt this is precisely WHY I LOATHE seatbelt laws.
[ I don’t want the government or insurance company in my car with me. ]
I am sure Laz wouldn’t mind Flo riding with him everywhere...
I could have used the Geico gecko the other day, I was on a road trip and there was a fly buizzing around in my car....
However the only part of my insurance company I want in my car is the insurance card they send me to keep next to my registration...
GM? Really? Are they still in business?
You’re probably right. I hate it.
I’m with you. (but not in your car) :)
GM makes cars?
Forward-looking radar will brake the car before you slam into the car in front of you.
I would not rather people die than employ useful technology.
“forward-looking radar will brake the car before you slam into the car in front of you.
I would not rather people die than employ useful technology.”
As long as it doesn’t record the data without your consent it is fine with me.
In Texas, drivers must wear a seat belt while driving an automobile, but you do not have to wear a helmet or a seat belt while operating a motorcycle.
Hmmmm! Strange contradiction.
A person will be found in violation of the law for possession of marijuana, yet possession of the equally dangerous intoxicant alcohol is perfectly legal to have in your possession.
Not advocating, just pointing out the hypocrisy.
A person is allowed to carry legally in plain sight a long gun with no license, but must conceal a handgun and apply for a license.
hmmm!
An illegal alien can posses forged documents, jump an international border, falsify information on government applications for school, medical, housing and get stopped by the PoPo...they are released. An American possesses forged documents, falsifies information on government documents and your sorry @$$ will be heading to prison.
Hmmmm!
Laws on top of laws on top of laws. Makes little sense.
LOL!
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