Wtf!

[sn95 bullitt]

http://m.townhall.com/columnists/bo...ernment-big-business-big-black-boxes-n1464641

 

[EF5.0]

One more great reason to not buy a new car.... I hate politics, and how our government wants to control everything... Anyways /endrant...

I'll stick with my non-black boxed old car

 

[lutter94]

Only Dodge and Chevy have had them so far. Maybe it has something to do with the bailout, lol.

 

[96TANGERINEGT]

thats gay , yup the old 96 mustang sounds good to keep a hold of. i am surprised it hasn't happened sooner ...

 

[ProKiller]

they've been talking about this for years now. it would of happened sooner or later. i don't like it but it should help with bringing insurance costs down.

 

[lutter94]

Doesn't progressive already do it? They promise rates won't go up, but used for discounts for safe driving...

 

[Mustanger]

they've been talking about this for years now. it would of happened sooner or later. i don't like it but it should help with bringing insurance costs down.

Hey Prokiller it may bring insurance costs down because the insurance companies will know everytime you exceed the posted speed limit & either fine you or drop you...if you spin your wheeels they will know it....in a crash they will know who was doing what that caused it...there will be no hiding anything ...there will be no way to enjoy a performance car even a little. For instance if you have a nice Boss 302LS & just happen to generate too much G force on a curvy road they might want to punish you for it by raising your rates, give you a monetary fine,,, turn you in to DMV or police for reckless driving...pull your license & ban you from having insurance.

All these things will be decided not by you but by those that will decide your fate for you. Is this an invasion of privacy? Think about it & do not just quietly accept this kind of future....Think it can't or won't happen? Some car rental companies already track their cars & record if you were speeding...then when you turn the car in thay hand you a nice $400-$800 fine for speeding in their car!! It has already been upheld in court.

 

[ProKiller]

i bet the used car market will become more active after this change.

 

[Slykin]

From Jalopnik. Supposedly most cars already have them.

GM was the pioneer here, starting to install them in the late '90s, and by 2005 a number of marques (GM, Ford, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Suzuki) were putting them on everything. According to the NHTSA, about 91.6% of cars currently have them. Here's a list.Notable exceptions are Audi and Mercedes-Benz, but this new law will change that.

 

[whiplash473]

i'd just yank it out

 

[framda]

Big Brother

 

[Mustanger]

can't just yank it out if it is embedded in the ECU....

 

[EF5.0]

Aftermarket ECU? That could work? *scratches head*

 

[framda]

can't just yank it out if it is embedded in the ECU....

Two schools of thought here; 1, Someone will come up with a way to do it for the $$. 2, The government will probably make it illegal to tamper with it.

 

[Mustanger]

Yeah I have confidence in our "outlaws"!!!! If we have a chance to prevent/repeal this write our legislators & protest! I doubt it though...

 

[framda]

+1^^^^^

 

[MustangChris]

taht article was rittled with typos. ... if someone can't publish a serious article without proof reading the thing first, how am i supposed to take them seriously?


typos and misspellings on a forum? fine. but when youre trying to change the world... put some damn effort into it.

 

[vermilion]

Looks like a nifty door stop.


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