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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on August 07, 2006, 04:34:49 PM
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223380,00.html
While I don't believe that boxes like this should be surrendered on demand to the insurance companies or the police, I think a traffic accident is probable cause to let the authorities have a look at what your vehicle was actually doing before an impact.
Thots?
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Im having dejavue of a locked topic in the o-club's past where nazi's, liberals, republicans, and even dandelions were attacked in posts. alarmists went into a rage about "teh govenrment" or "big brother" watching them and all that.
i could be wrong, and the topic wasn't locked, but is did come up over a year ago if not more.
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dandelions ????
I had to lookup this one as it sound exactly like : Dent de lion (Lion's tooth)
FYI in French it's a "Pissenlit" pee in bed ... not really better :D
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I work for a negligence attorney.
No thank you :D
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Originally posted by Vudak
I work for a negligence attorney.
No thank you :D
So... a device of this type would make it more difficult to prove negligence?
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From: clicky (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2004-12-27-auto-blackbox_x.htm?csp=15)
Recorder data may also present problems for drivers with automobile warranties. Some wonder if vehicle manufacturers are using safety data to void warranties. Some people in Internet chat rooms have alleged Mitsubishi is doing just that to those who drive its racy Evolution VIII in amateur weekend races.
Even if not true, the existence of such stories shows people's concerns about this kind of technology, says Stanley. "If it's not controlled, it allows powerful institutions to increase their control over ordinary individuals," he says.
For example: When AutoWeek conducted handling tests on a mundane Chevy Malibu Maxx hatchback earlier this year, the recorder automatically alerted GM OnStar officials, who called the car to make sure the driver was OK after a particularly severe cornering maneuver. The driver was, but later said he resented the intrusion.
Little disturbing.... I'd be a bit torqued if a system like OnStar had someone call me to see if I was ok while I was driving.
Problem with this kinda thing is that once it's there, the potential and opportunity to abuse it are always present. After a number of years they subtley change laws and then it's a massive problem.
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Another invasion of privacy.
Sorry..It's my car.
Fugk off State Farm.
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Originally posted by Sandman
So... a device of this type would make it more difficult to prove negligence?
To be honest, I didn't read the article. Just figured anything that lets us lie less is probably bad :)
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Originally posted by SirLoin
Another invasion of privacy.
Sorry..It's my car.
Fugk off State Farm.
but the streets are own buy who?
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A simple decceleration meter would do the exact job of this, and wouldn't be nearly as complicated a device or as easy to alter to spy.
The idea is good. The follow through broke the shaft.
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
but the streets are own buy who?
Bu us, the citizens. We pay for them.
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Originally posted by Jackal1
We pay for them.
so you can use it, but its not yours, am i wrong?
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
so you can use it, but its not yours, am i wrong?
As much his and mine as anyone else's. Infinitely more so than an Insurance company's.
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regardless of who owns the roads..you own your car...and this is a blantant invasion of privacy with NO OTHER INTENTION, but to let big brother have a closer look at yet another aspect of your life.
Looks like I will never buy another new car. Not unless there is a way I can remove or disable the "black box" with out a detrimental effect on the car.
Hope I can get parts for a 2001 model in 2050.
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There aren't that many collisions that would require the "black box" to tattle on the driver. The evidence of what happened is there at the scene.
Personally I thought attorneys were negligence. Removing them should be listed as "public service" or at least sanitation facilitation. :t
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Originally posted by Maverick
There aren't that many collisions that would require the "black box" to tattle on the driver. The evidence of what happened is there at the scene.
Personally I thought attorneys were negligence. Removing them should be listed as "public service" or at least sanitation facilitation. :t
I'd pretty much be inclined to agree with you. There's no chance I'll ever go to lawschool, so there may be hope for me yet :aok
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Some consumer advocates, such as Public Citizen's Joan Claybrook, want tougher rules compelling automakers to install EDRs in every car because objective crash data will lead to the design of safer cars and highways.
Joan Claybrook is still alive? what is she the Dick Clark of Safety Nazis? she needs to go away...
But automakers would find it too expensive and unpopular to routinely install long-term recorders, insists W.R. Haight, an EDR expert and the director of San Diego's Collision Safety Institute: "Only paranoid alarmist pinheads suggest this technology could be expanded to spy on our everyday driving."
Right.... I feel better about this already, thanks Mr Haight,.... Not
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I'll never own a vehicle with OnStar. It's Big Brother and he is charging you for the intrusion.
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people really are buying into the "it's only freedom if it doesn't cost anyone anything"
The roads certainly do not belong to anyone but the people who pay for em.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
people really are buying into the "it's only freedom if it doesn't cost anyone anything"
The roads certainly do not belong to anyone but the people who pay for em.
lazs
The citizens own them then?
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Originally posted by Gh0stFT
so you can use it, but its not yours, am i wrong?
I can use them and they belong to us, the citizen.
Thought I had said that already.
Just another thing that can easily be abused and doesn`t really serve a purpose. Also another source for lawsuits concerning malfunction , etc. (Like we need more of those)
Won`t be one on my vehicle. If it is it will be disabled.
Wonder how many people don`t realize they are carrying their own personal
dog tag on their belt, pocket or in their purse........................ ..