Even better than red light cameras
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This is new idea from Britain. Of course all of it for "citizen safety".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1166169/The-black-bo...
From article:
"Drivers face having their every move tracked by a 'spy in the car' black box.
The system will constantly check a vehicle's speed - making cameras redundant - and allow for pay-as-you-go tolls.
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A Department for Transport spokesman said the project was simply exploring ways to help drivers, improve road safety and bring environmental benefits.
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If anybody needed convincing that all those cameras on the street are about anything but safety than you got it 
But for me it was only matter of time, after road cameras gate approval from so many people, that they will be "improved". Do you feel safer now?
black box that tracks
Interesting, you can count on it here too!
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Pretty soon they'll implant
Pretty soon they'll implant GPS chips to babies at birth, for tracking. All for your safety of course!! 1984 anyone?
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/21626 - red light cameras do not work
Yep
Don't some trucking companies and rental car companies already do that?
Shooter N32 39 W97 25 VIA 1535TM, Lexus built-in, TomTom Go
yup
but I believe the rental cars have to be downloaded and can charge you extra for going off route or speeding, and the trucks can get the data via satellite.
World's First Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway at IEEE
http://auto.ihs.com/news/newsletters/auto-v4i2-04.htm
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1984, here we come full
1984, here we come full steam ahead!
Useful Invention
A Department for Transport spokesman said the project was simply exploring ways to help drivers, improve road safety and bring environmental benefits.
If they want to improve road safety, invent something to prevent high speed pursuit or to end it as soon as possible. I've seen too many of high speed chase on TV. Some of which end up crashing and seriously injuring other innocent commuters (if not killing them). Perhaps a remote switch that requires a password to disable gas flow to the engine. That'll be really useful.
maybe not 1984 but brave new
maybe not 1984 but brave new world lol
This isn't anything new,
This isn't anything new, just expanding upon current technology. Many vehicles computers now-a-days are more then capable (and already have been for years) of keeping track over a small period of time, vehicle parameters within NVM, much like a airliner black box. Although I have to admit, this is going beyond just a simple black box.
George Orwell
Big Brother is alive and well - this is scary !!!!!
RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
right on
"needed to make vehicle and highway transportation safer and reduce fatalities"
Oh yeah, what next?
nuvi 785 nuvi 350, nuvi 270, GTM 20, jag in dash, mercedes in dash.
EZ Pass
The Northeast, down to VA, has the EZ Pass system. Great for tolls but all that would be needed is to place more readers on the roads and then they're tracking speed, route, stops and almost anything else.
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New technology is on the way
Great idea - the sooner we get the nuts loose from behind the wheel the safer everyone will be and we will all be able to go much faster and get places quicker!
Lots of serious research out there now on how to get vehicles from place to place safely without a driver. While not the whole answer this concept involving the in-car GPS is just one of systems to be integrated into a total smart car/transport package.
Do you doubt? Just Google "driverless car technology"!
No doubt
I'm sure we're headed in this direction. Everybody will be tracked in every vehicle at all times. Violations will be issued (and paid for) automatically. They'll implement it under the guise of improving safety, but that will be secondary to the main reason: to raise revenue.
JMoo On