All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under new tax plans

Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne... by inter_netuser on Monday February 14, 2022 @10:58AM (#30333544)

dynamic pricing can be trivially done with toll roads. Plenty of countries have toll roads with transponder tags. See, the big problem here is that you could share the transponder with a friends/family/co-workers and that makes spying more difficult. Doubleplusungood.

Therefore, we must install it right into your car, preferably at the factory, so you cannot remove it easily to make sure the spying data we get is of the highest quality.

They just want to spy on you, and with time control your car remotely, and they'll come up with all sorts of pretzel logic to justify it.

Spying. There are no other reasons.

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Re:All cars could be fitted with black box trackers under ne... by lotsofpulp on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:11AM (#30333724)

I assume license plate readers are much less work and expense for everyone than transponders.

I love Canada’s system. I simply got a bill in the mail in the United States based on my license plate they read, and no need to slow down traffic or deal with toll booths, or get a specific transponder for Canada.

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