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Posted on 08/27/2014 6:34:34 AM PDT by blam
August 27, 2014
By Terence P. Jeffrey
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, published last week an "advanced notice of proposed rulemaking" on "vehicle-to-vehicle communications."
What NHTSA is proposing could begin a transformation in the American transportation system that makes our lives better and freer — or gives government more power over where we go and when.
In announcing its proposed rulemaking, NHTSA is stressing its intention to protect the "privacy" of American drivers.
"This document initiates rulemaking that would propose to create a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, FMVSS No. 150, to require vehicle-to-vehicle communication capability for light vehicles," says NHTSA's dryly-worded notice.
What do vehicle-to-vehicle communications entail?
NHTSA has crafted a nice phrase to describe the information cars would broadcast. It is the "Basic Safety Message."
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(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Hey, driving’s a privilege not a right, right?
Garbage in, garbage out.
Like the IRS/ObamaCARE broadcasting health records
worldwide, this is hardly .... “protecting privacy”.
Of course with it comes the built-in “Kill Switch” which will stop your car if you go where you’re not supposed to.
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Already there, called "On-star"
The only question is which state will go first. I'd bet on California, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey, in that order.
At least On-Star is optional, now.
I knew these a$$hats were going to go there eventually. You’ll receive your speeding infractions and red light camera violations email and they’ll automatically deduct it from your bank account. They won’t have to ask for your banking info because they already have it from you enrolling in Obamacare. This should be a NO go. The idiot liberals will vote yes because want government to controll all aspects of their life. I can’t wait til they’re processed as Soylent Green or have their heads lopped off because they wanted to embrace cultural diversity by allowing Shariah law to be implemented. Their payday is fast approaching...
seems 1984 is here, it just took a few extra decades’
Hey big gub mint, F-you
one reason I refuse to have on star or a GPS in my vehicles.
The amount of times I have heard some say on star is great and yet they go on about their personal lives and Govt is in intrusive
just said the same,.
On star is the Govt tracking system, hell they control your vehicle and still some on our side purchase GM
Off Topic: WTF???? Lose 4-0 to MK Dons?!?!?!?
Provided that there is no identifying information, this could be a good idea.
stop, I;m in depression mode right now, the only consolation is that it was not the first team and we saw what utter dross needs to be sold
LOL! I thought it was only for getting directions to the closest DQ. I NEVER thought onstar was a good idea(at least for me). If it can get enough data to tell you that the oil needs changed or can unlock the doors remotely, it can shut you down too. Not that you’re doing anything wrong, I just don’t care for the idea of somebody else being able to control “my” equipment. Kinda like the new smart phone app for home security where you can do all the alarming remotely from you phone. The first time I saw the ad for it my immediate thought was, “Well if I can look at my security cameras using this, how long before some enterprising youngster can look at or override it?” Not too long probably.
They need to lose the Obama Motors logo real quick.
Why I drive 80’s Toyotas. One with aftermarket engine management.
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