Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne...
by inter_netuser on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:00AM
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I don't know why they do it, EVs already transmit all sorts of data that makes spying so much easier.
Is it just the creep factor they want to avoid, by making you do the performative act of installing the tracker yourself, and thus "consenting"?
Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne...
by lotsofpulp on Monday February 14, 2022 @10:52AM
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> If areas are deemed too congested there are already ways to limit congestion.
Such as? I have not seen an alternative to variable rate tools in the US.
Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne...
by mytailorisrich on Monday February 14, 2022 @10:58AM
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Here in the UK there may be congestion charges to enter certain zones, "Park and ride" schemes, limited and expensive parking space.
To install a tracker on every car along with all the infrastructure for handling and billing is calling a nuclear strike on a molehill. Again this is just some interests trying "to load the boat".
Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne...
by lotsofpulp on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:14AM
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Yes, I can agree these on vehicle trackers are unnecessary, since license plate readers would do the job just as well.
Number of cars on the road depends on population at this point an on the housing model. We don't build "more and more roads" just to accommodate an infinitely growing number of cars. This is a mature market, no the 1950s or 1960s. If areas are deemed too congested there are already ways to limit congestion.
No, this is a tax income problem caused by EV but they are taking the 'opportunity' to bamboozle us into thinking that trackers and dynamic pricing is required and that there is no alternative.