Who owns the data culled by your car? And — more to the point — who is profiting from it? And why aren’t they cutting us a check, at least? All new cars — and most cars built over the past decade or so — have data recorders and this data is not only stored […]
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The V2V Bee Hive
• February 27, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion, V2V, VMT Tax
Ayn Rand, for all her quirks, had some solid things to say. One of these was that civilization exists — or declines — in proportion to privacy. The less privacy you’ve got, the more uncivilized the society in which you live. Which is why this business of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) technology is so extremely uncivilized. It […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: February 26, 2018
February 26, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, ANPR, Driver's License, DUI, FOURTH AMENDMENT, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TheNewspaper, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Signals, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –KY Supremes endorses ALPRs without warrants– –GA Supremes says its okay to cut through gas station to avoid traffic signals– –NY lawsuit seeks Speed Cam Ticket Refund– Friday, February 23, 2018 Kentucky Supreme Court Endorses License Plate Camera Tracking The Kentucky Supreme Court declared last week that police need not […]
Is a Digital Driver’s License in your Future?: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #476
February 26, 2018 • 0 Comments • Digital Driver's License, Driver's License, Facial Recognition, PRIVACY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP
Many states currently allow digital proof of insurance during a traffic stop. Will a digital driver’s license or DDL be too far behind? After several years of testing, the state of Iowa will debut later in 2018 a digital driver’s license in cooperation with “augmented identity” specialists IDEMIA, a company that works with about 80 […]
A Reality Check for Autonomous Vehicles
• February 18, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Car Care, DRIVERLESS CARS, NHTSA, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
Building a car that we drive is one thing. Building a car that drives itself is a whole other complex ball of reality. The way the media has been screaming about autonomous vehicles or AVs, you would think that we would be passengers inside them tomorrow. Finally, automakers are fessing up and saying that you […]
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