Thread: Behold, the future...No thanks!!

Originally Posted by JMS

The technology is neat,I'll give you that, and the benefits could be great, assuming your dealing with a benign government! Not an assumption I am willing to make!

Exactly.

The government only has the right to regulate your use on the roads. when you are on private property the government has no right whatsoever to control your vehicles use, without the express consent of the property owner.

This gives remote control to whomever manages to hack the system, it could be the government controlling your car, or possibly not. Think about that for a bit, electronic linked ability to shut down any car through a computer network, and you all though e-mail worms were bad.

It seems like a big selling point of this technology is it can only be activated by the owner (once it’s stolen) to Onstar, but what if the vehicles’ owner is the one breaking the law? Does that mean that local law enforcement contacts Onstar and they shut it down? – sounds like they just lost that marketing aspect…

Originally Posted by RareBreed

It seems like a big selling point of this technology is it can only be activated by the owner (once it’s stolen) to Onstar, but what if the vehicles’ owner is the one breaking the law? Does that mean that local law enforcement contacts Onstar and they shut it down? – sounds like they just lost that marketing aspect…

It wont be a marketing gimmick, it will be legislated for your own good, just like seatbelts, airbags and cameras at intersections, it will help you to stay honest! Why wouldnt you want it, dont you wish to be safe? They are only trying to help!
BTW They couldve done away with chases a long time ago, if only they would learn to use their radios rather than adrenaline!

Just one more hackable device on the planet. Let them put this tech in every vehicle from my car and motorcycle to grandma's hoveround scooter. I don't care because there will be a way to hack it. Remote wireless signal? Jam it. Chip set? Pull and replace it. God I love a challenge.

-Rob

It's a security feature that the owner has the right to refuse. I have to pull over for cops. It's the law. Trying to avoid it just makes things worse. Now there's the chance to make me comply before I kill somebody. What's wrong with that? Oh right. I don't get my high speed chance to get away.

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Originally Posted by xman

It's a security feature that the owner has the right to refuse. I have to pull over for cops. It's the law. Trying to avoid it just makes things worse. Now there's the chance to make me comply before I kill somebody. What's wrong with that? Oh right. I don't get my high speed chance to get away.

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HOLY CRAP!!! We agree!!!

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Originally Posted by mhailey

HOLY CRAP!!! We agree!!!

head spinning,................. vision getting blurry................. going to pass out.................

m a t.............

Now thats funny!!!!

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Exactly.

The government only has the right to regulate your use on the roads. when you are on private property the government has no right whatsoever to control your vehicles use, without the express consent of the property owner.

This gives remote control to whomever manages to hack the system, it could be the government controlling your car, or possibly not. Think about that for a bit, electronic linked ability to shut down any car through a computer network, and you all though e-mail worms were bad.

Hey Tim.
You might want to tag this post for historical value.
For once we are in complete agreement.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Hey Tim.
You might want to tag this post for historical value.
For once we are in complete agreement.

I don't know about complete.

I can also say with all candor that things like this is one of the reasons I am completely against any type of gun control. The people need any bit of power they can manage keep out of the scabby grasp of the government and the power to put that government down when it gets to old and flea ridden.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

The people need any bit of power they can manage keep out of the scabby grasp of the government and the power to put that government down when it gets to old and flea ridden.

I don't want to be the defeatist voice here, but the days have LONG since passed when citizens bore the same type of weaponry used by the government. In a true altercation, if there ever was one, the "arms" we bear would be woefully inadequate.

Chris L