On little black boxes from insurance companies....

[Tom Donohue]

    Anyone aware of the judgment in Connecticut in the last week or so stopping
a car rental company from their practice of tracking their rentals via GPS, then
assessing $150 "fines" when the renter was detected speeding?  Refunds and fines
ordered too!

"Roger M. Woodbury" wrote:

> Actually, the technology is appearing in more and more cars right now.  Does
> anyone think that it is a big step from "On Star", to a system where the car
> is tracked for insurance purposes?
>
> How much of a step is it for that same system to not like what your car is
> doing, and if you go, say three miles per hour over the limit, the car just
> STOPS.....until you have cooled your jets......then in the mail the next day
> is a citation for exceeding the speed limit....
>
> ....or even worse, the car remains inert until the cruiser pulls up in back
> of you.....?
>
> Roger