Ravenwood - 08/05/04 06:45 AM
The NTSB wants the government to require cars be outfitted with computers that spy on drivers.
The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday recommended for the first time that the federal government require passenger vehicles to be equipped with black boxes that record speed, seat belt use, and braking, among other data. [...]The ramifications of this technology boggle the mind. Sure, many cars today already have the technology, but it's not illegal to disable it."We believe very strongly that vehicles should have a black box," said the transportation board chairwoman, Ellen Engleman Conners.
In June, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said automakers are adding black boxes fast enough on their own. About 15 percent of vehicles now on the road have the data recorders, and the safety administration says between 65 percent and 90 percent of 2004 vehicles have some sort of recording ability.
If this gains traction, I'm going to start driving classic cars. I've always wanted a 1962 'Vette, maybe it's time to start realizing my dream.
Category: Fall of Western Civilization
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Forget the '62 Vette...give me a early 80's Dodge Ramcharger, and drop a 427 under the hood.
Posted by: Heartless Libertarian at August 5, 2004 8:02 AMDitto. They pass this, and America is going to start looking a lot like Cuba -- all the cars get stuck in one period (the late 50s for Cuba, early 2000 for America.)
Posted by: Phelps at August 5, 2004 11:37 AMI was planning on running the '98 Dodge Dakota another ten years anyway - but now it sounds like I'd better take real good care of it.
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