[Squawk 8888]

How can the police lawfully download information from my cars computer without first receiving my consent or serving me with a signed court order.

I'm no lawyer but my guess is that crashing a car and causing property damage and/or death and/or injuries would pass the test for probable cause.

[henderson field]

This is another reason why government wants to get the old cars off the road. My mid-50s MG is not equipped with a Sensing Diagnostic Module and I'm not planning to install one.

[Minutemen]

If you were the driver that wreaked the havoc described in this post, you would probably not be alive to object to a cop or insurance company downloading the data, nor would you have mine or the general populations' sympathy either.