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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin
Big brother is watching, I'd like to find a way to disable it.
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Yes, this is big brother. My theory is that insurance companies will push for this to lessen their liability. I don't doubt that one day we will see in the fine print that they will not cover a vehicle in an incident, where the driver was not complying with the law. I can probably safely say that anyone that has every purchased a sports car such as the 370z has at some point exceeded the posted speed limit. Say your cruising on a canyon road driving at a spirited, but not wreckless pace and you loose it on a turn and take out the car. Well, the EDR will show your G-Force load, speed in the turn, brake force, etc, etc. The insurance company may use this information against you and not honor your claim according to the terms and conditions of the insurance contract. These types of recorders are becoming more common place, and will eventually be found in all vehicles.
I would think that there might be a legal loop hole at the present, where you could claim you never signed a privacy policy on the original vehicle purchase contract that authorized anyone other then the owner to collect or distribute this data. Although, it may be a local or State law. Remember, driving is a privilege not a constitutional right.
I also think that the technology is there to where they could, if they wanted too, set up the EDR to transmit data via GPS to local authorities in the event of excessive speeding or reckless driving. IE: send you a ticket in the mail if you were going 20mph over the speed limit.
This is completely possible, the technology exist, and just think of how much money each city or county or state could save on installing and maintaining speed cameras, etc. With the GPS, each city or county could have there own local laws, so if you were driving say through Nevada, they may have it set to only 10mph over the speed limit, where New Mexico would be 20mph. With the GPS, it could track you through different cities speed zones, etc. and cite you accordingly.
I'm not saying this is going to happen, or at least any time soon, just saying that it could.
