On little black boxes from insurance companies....

[Huw Powell]

> > 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....
> >
>
> There is also a movement afoot to use this to stop police chases, by merely
> disabling the vehicle. Sounds good till you remember that what the good guys
> have and use soon pops up in the criminal sector.
> I for one don't like the idea of my wife driving alone in a vehicle that some
> ner-do-well can "disable."

Darn good point, and a great argument against cars that "shut down" or
are severely speed limited on their own.  I'd hate to be driving as fast
as I can to the nearest police station with some "ne'er do well" on my
tail and the car decides that a 30 mph limit means, 30 mph and no
more...

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Huw Powell

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