The Govt. Wants to track your Car.

[Joust Williams]

Don't care one bit. It's just like red light cameras. Don't want to deal with them? Don't break the law! I have nothing to hide. Here's the thing: you're out in public. At any given time people (including law enforcement officials) can see you already if they so desire.

"I have read that intersections with red-light cameras actually increase accidents and violations."

There's no logical cause and effect for that at all.

[Master]

I'm all for having my car monitored. Saves me the money on the Lo-Jack.

As far as speeding is concerned: If it saves lives and works for the good, great. If it is just another money-making scheme like the current state of "ticketing" than screw it.

[Cheebs]

"I have read that intersections with red-light cameras actually increase accidents and violations."

There's no logical cause and effect for that at all.

A light goes yellow on you. Instead of safely passing through it and maybe catching a bit of red, you slam on the brakes to avoid the automatic fine. Car behind you doesn't expect it. Bam.

Personally I hate the damn traffic light cammeras.

[Joust Williams]

If that happened, person A is a) not paying attention or b) breaking the law. That isn't new.

"If it is just another money-making scheme like the current state of "ticketing" than screw it."

We've talked about this before. The people speeding are still the ones making the decision to be at fault. Just because the low rates are "enticing" doesn't remove them from any percentage of guilt.

[Wildkat]

Simple answer to this, if it is indeed true, which I have doubts about.

Drive an old car.

"They'll know you're due for a transmission repair and that you've neglected to fix the ever-widening crack that resulted from a pebble dinging your windshield."

Um yeah, cause we all know about those "cracked windsheild" detectors cars have in them now.

BS.

[Diff-chan]

There was an intersection near my house that I passed on the way to the mall for 4 years. Since I worked at the mall, I used the intersection a lot. One day, out of the blue, they changed the timing of it. I ran the red straight up. There wasnt any bacon around, so I was in the clear, but still, its horse shit.

They do this shit to screw with people, and to get more money in tickets. Its naive to assume anything else.

[James]

My view on it is that, like all government mandated tracking thingies, it'll be so easy to work around as to be laughable. It shouldn't be in there in the first place, they've got no right to put it in there in the first place, but it's comforting to know that breaking it will be ridiculously simple.

I break the law every day I'm alive, same as every single one of you reading this.

James

[gameoverDude]

When there's a defeat for it, you can bet everyone and his dog will be taking advantage of it. The thing will ultimately fail.

Remember in the movie Demolition Man where people get fined for saying fuck, shit, etc.? We don't need a real life Dr. Raymond Cocteau.

Now self-driving cars may be a goody as long as they don't fink on us. Oh one more thing- to Hell with the VeriChip. I'm not putting a xenobiotic microchip in myself.