Your Car is Spying on You
Nov 24, 2023 21:07:52 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Vaun's photography wrote:
The only thing traffic cams don't prove is who the driver is. At least that seems likely as the focus is proving the vehicle did or did not stop for a red light.
You are living in the past. Cameras are now photographing the driver from the front, to prove who was driving. This has also been the case in the UK for many years. In fact, angled down cameras have caught drivers and passengers engaging in... well activities other than driving and drivers have been prosecuted for engaging in such things, with a passenger, while behind the wheel.
Nov 24, 2023 21:10:17 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Ioannis wrote:
My insurance company is been spying on me. A little box attachment on my car windshield sends my driving habits to the company and some how they adjust my monthly payments. There is no more privacy in our lives.
That's only if you agreed to them monitoring this box. They can't legally monitor you, if you choose not to allow them to do so. You must have agreed to have that fitted, so it's your own fault.
Nov 24, 2023 21:13:22 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
GeneV wrote:
Have you ever tried to replace the battery in your cell phone? They sure don't want you to. They want you to buy a new one. Speaking from experience. 
There are plenty of shops who replace batteries in 10 mins while you wait. That is not a problem.
Nov 24, 2023 21:18:53 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Nigel7 wrote:
Jerry not all is bad about this technology. I att... (show quote)
Not necessarily. Modern cars lock the doors and windows and often prevent someone from exiting a sinking car, like you could before all electrics. Modern cars can't suddenly make the tyres stick to slippery roads or glue them to the surface if in a hydroplaning situation. Common sense and safe driving practices are still the thing to do, over stupidity, while driving.
Nov 24, 2023 21:26:41 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Rloren wrote:
Google knows your every move through your smart phone. The only way to stop that is take the battery out of the phone !! Oh jeez...I'm no help. Never mind....
No, just cover it in tin foil.
Nov 25, 2023 14:49:43 #
Speed limitors limit the speed of the owner to ensure that the owner does not over rev the engine or go faster than the car is safely rated. I don't know of any Ford Mustang that is limited to 80mph. The ones I have seen/rented are closer to +95 to 110mph. These limitors can be over road through software. The 2024 Mustang Gt is limited to 160 mph.
Nov 26, 2023 17:21:14 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm sure you know that modern cars are loaded with... (show quote)
Welcome to the "Brave New World"
Nov 26, 2023 17:27:54 #
Lucian wrote:
You are living in the past. Cameras are now photographing the driver from the front, to prove who was driving. This has also been the case in the UK for many years. In fact, angled down cameras have caught drivers and passengers engaging in... well activities other than driving and drivers have been prosecuted for engaging in such things, with a passenger, while behind the wheel.
While this may be a bit of an overstretch by big brother, I wish that at least some of the 45 cars who nearly hit me as I was crossing the road with the walk light, outside my home, could get caught.
It is so ironic. When I first came to this town, an older driver passed me turning left while I was walking with the light, did not come anywhere near me, made a wide berth around me, and he got pulled over. I felt sorry for them. Since then, over and over again, I have come inches from being hit by cars accelerating fast, and not a thing happens to them.
Cameras in those situations could be a big help although it is a little too big brother type situation.
I might even add, some of those drivers stopped and cursed at me for being in the intersection, even though I had a walk light.
Nov 27, 2023 10:44:33 #
PixelBoy
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
Longshadow wrote:
Yes, they don't show the circumstances.
Like sliding through on a light that just turned red to avoid getting rear-ended because the car behind you is not/can't stop in time. I had to do that once. I heard screeching tires, looked in my rear view mirror, and decided to keep going through the light...
Like sliding through on a light that just turned red to avoid getting rear-ended because the car behind you is not/can't stop in time. I had to do that once. I heard screeching tires, looked in my rear view mirror, and decided to keep going through the light...
Better yet, if you go to court and kill the ticket for going through the light because you want to get home alive, they get you for "court costs". Remember, the house always wins.
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