quattro digest, Vol 1 #4723 - Black Box data

[Larry C Leung]

> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:55:09 -0500
> From: George Tur <getur at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: NAC - Black box data in prosecution
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Reply-To: getur at optonline.net
>
> On Sunday 16 March 2003 03:16, urq wrote:
> ....snipped stuff
> >  Just think what will happen with the GPS and BlueTooth are in
> there on the
> > same CAN bus ...
> >
> There was something in the papers last year or the year before where
> a car
> renter was surcharged for speeding by the car rental company because
> the
> ion system reported he had exceeded the speed limit. I believe the
> guy
> fought the surcharge but I don't remember what the outcome of that
> piece of
> litigation.
>
The guy won. Something about unlawful (un-informed) survaillance. In the
case
of the small rental agency, the black boxes actually had to be disabled
for their
small fleet, except in the cases of reported theft. What I interpreted is
that in
the future, if the rental agency INFORMS you of their intent to track
your driving,
it'd probably be allowed, i.e. you could always refuse that particular
rental and
find another rental agency.

LL - NY