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But it also holds a wealth of information that can be used in accident reconstructions, engine speed, gas pedal pressure, brakes, and vehicle speed."I refuse to drive a car with a "tattle-tale" like that.
Just wait until all cars are REQUIRED to not only have these, but to have a receiver-transmitter on the back so that a cop can druve up behind you and point his gun at it and find out where you've been and how many laws you have broken. Everything from seat belts to complete stops at stop signs. If your transmitter doesn't work, it'll be an immediate arrest for felony.
You heard it from me first.
The freedom to drive anywhere we want without detection or having to obtain an internal passport from the next state is one we have been taking for granted. I think that's why the Left is so bent out of shape about SUV's - banning them would be the first step toward taking away the right to travel and molding us into good little Eurosocialists who eschew automobile ownership and take mass transit everywhere.
With all the hysteria about guns, there is no way that cars aren't next on the list.