I'm not so worried about the fridge ratting me out. Cars on the other hand have lots of potential. Every traffic light could have a red light camera if it's the car watching and reporting.
In The Netherlands we had this problem with vehicle plate scanners. At first, they were strictly for vehicle tax purposes. Then later it came out they could be used by our three (well, four) letter agency in extraordinary circumstances. Then the police could request access in extreme cases, then less extreme, and now the ‘requesting access’ is nothing more than an automated process that is logged.
Sounds like you’re describing an external device monitoring vehicle actions. The person you’re replying to is describing the vehicle monitoring and reporting its own actions.
In my opinion, people have proven themselves too irresponsible in cars (in a way that results in them regularly killing other people), and while I dislike surveillance, I am for the monitoring/reporting measures that are in some European countries.
It’s because revoking privileges is not an effective means of getting these drivers off the road. It’s not a magic force field that prevents people from sitting behind the wheel. All you’re doing is taking a slip of paper away from people who have already demonstrated themselves to not only be irresponsible but also indifferent toward the law.
In fact, revoking driving privileges can be counter productive because it takes away their ability to be insured while driving.
Right. Like Apple's on-device scanning and reporting, cars could scan and report bad behaviours. Toyotas already can detect when a driver is drowsy based on their driving and prompts them to take a break. How hard would it be to make it call police when the driving is severely impaired?
