well for the regular speed zones, i guess each zone will have some sort of radar frequency that it gives out and the box will have a sensor to know the legal speed around that area.

its makes sense if you think about.

but its still BS.

 

Does it though? I've seen similar technology, and someone on this board lost his S2000 a few months ago because of one of these devices.

The device he had sends periodic updates over the Teletrac system that maps out where you've been at what time and what speeds you were driving. There were maps and everything on a web-based interface. is father sold the service and had one of these installed in his son's car to use as a demo.

 

I think it's kind of a good idea. maybe that's because my son will be driving here in about 18 months. (won't be driving my S though) On the other hand, there needs to be some trust there, so maybe not such a good idea...I'm torn.

 

It's just a matter of time folks until this is in all of our cars. Sorry to say it, but I believe it's true.

 

1. If it's hardcoded into your ECU, how will you "rip" it out?

2. EDR's don't need to know what the speed limits are on the roads you are on. It's easy enough to find out where the driver was on a given date and time through logging by XM satellite owners, GPS owners/users, OnStar owners, mobile phone users, 2 way pager users, etc.

3. I don't think it's that great of an idea to implement for kids. Young drivers are at an age where they are/will be constantly pushing/testing the boundaries. Why do American teens have more drinking and drug abuse problems than kids of the same age in other countries? American kids grow up with many more things being "taboo". My dad always used to tell me that getting drunk at 16 or 17 was never such a big thing here...the legal age for drinking was 18...and at 16 or 17, it was never "patrolled" too hard. Now all of a sudden, kids are getting wasted like there's no tomorrow. I'm sure the thought of speeding and getting reprimanded quite instantly will turn driving fun into a "taboo" as well.

4. As far as raising revenue. I'm sure if these things were standardized into American driving, many more would end up giving up their cars or be sought after by the fuzz for not paying up, driving on suspended licenses, etc. That's exaclty what we need; more officers focusing on revenue generation rather than catch violent criminals. I'm not saying that it couldn't happen. I've learned not to say that from the last "big brother" implementation; the stop light camera.