Just damn.
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Posted on 10/07/2004 4:41:36 PM PDT by JOAT
Oh joy.
Paranoid ravings. What exactly is there they can put in your car that would know you've got a crack in your windshield and it's getting bigger?!
The problem with the conspiracy crowd is they always throw in some oddball obviously impossible piece of hyperbole that calls into question the entire article. Almost like they were purposely trying to discredit the conspiracy crowd.
Fear not. You'll get used to it. You always have and you always will.
They shouldn't be allowed to archive the data for more than 1 week, without a crime being committed, and the data has to be locked and inaccessible without a subpoena.
The tracking device should use GPS tracking data to turn itself on and off, so it is only on when operating on public roads.
Better yet, don't install them.
Um, no thank you or do I get a choice.
Just damn.
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yeah, and then we're gonna reinstate Prohibition.
*sips beer*
Measure the impedance across the windshield. And I do have a crack in the windshield but It's not getting bigger.
My mother-in-law!
No. Seriously. A little tin foil over the antenna, and like magic, you're Stealth!
Please put me on the Just Damn list...uhh.. make that the Just Damn ping list.
Thank you.
Sure, just like the SSN, THAT hasn't been abused at all. I smell a giant camel turd!
With what? They're gonna stick motion sensors all over my car? And yet they'll be so craftily hidden I won't be able to screw them up with a piece of Wrigley?! Or maybe they'll use lasers to map out my windshield, and while they're at it it'll map my hands and make sure I'm properly at 10 and 2 (never, I drive a stick, 12 and sometimes 6) and do proper hand-over-hand turning (never, I've mastered the flatpalm grip)?! Not happening.
I have a crack too, it happens to be up where the tint strip is so it's never grown.
Maybe, and this is a big maybe, RFIDs and readers in road signs. Here's always the problem with these things: why in God's name would anybody want all this data? What purpose would it serve? The worst thing that could possibly happen with this is they'd use it to generate speeding tickets (a frequent charge), because then nobody would be able to get away with speeding anymore, and nobody would speed anymore, and the police departments of our land would go broke... hmm now that I think about it maybe these things ARE a good idea ;)
Luckily there's certain logistical problems to putting your mother-in-law in all cars. Watch our for cloning though.
That's pretty much where things currently stand. If you have a recent model car, take a look at the owner's manual. There is most likely a statement in there that refers to the data logging capabilities of the on-board computer. I've seen text that goes on a bit further and discusses who might gain access to the computer data (law enforcement and insurance companies top the list). Of course, they must have a good reason to seek such data. For now, at least.
um...so how are they going to get this device on a car that doesn't have one ?
This is why I am preparing to drive a 1954 willys wagon....I can fix it myself and no one knows where I've been.
Maybe old cars will be worth a premium.
Goal: Achieve nationwide deployment of a communications infrastructure on the roadways and in all production vehicles and to enable a number of key safety and operational services that would take advantage of this capability.Approach: This initiative builds on the research and operational tests conducted under the Department's Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. Vehicle manufacturers would install the technology in all new vehicles, beginning at a particular model year, to achieve the safety and mobility benefits while, at the same time, the federal/state/local transportation agencies would facilitate installation of the roadside communications infrastructure. Vehicles would serve as data collectors, transmitting traffic and road condition information from every major road within the transportation network. Access to this information will allow transportation agencies to implement active strategies to relieve congestion. In addition to these direct benefits to the traveling public and the operators of the transportation network, the automotive companies view VII as an opportunity to develop new businesses to serve their customers. To determine the feasibility and an implementation strategy, a three-party consortium has been formed consisting of the seven vehicle manufacturers involved in the IVI, AASHTO and ten State departments of transportation and the USDOT
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