By Joe Cadillic, publisher of the MassPrivatel Blog Editor’s Note: The day after Joe published this piece on his blog, Wired.com came out with a story about another company trying to do the same thing. The piece was entitled: Driving While Baked? Inside the High-Tech Quest to Find Out. Joe has given the NMA permission […]
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US Cops to Become Brain Scanning Marijuana Detectors
February 25, 2022 • 1 Comment • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL, BREATHALYZER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP
Christine, for Real
Do you remember the horror flick Christine? It was about a self-driving ’58 Plymouth Fury that liked to run people over. Body by Plymouth. Soul by Satan. What unholy spirit animates “self-driving” Teslas? And who is responsible when one of these “Christines” runs over someone? According to the felony manslaughter charges just filed against Los Angeles limo driver Kevin […]
Gas Guzzlers–Then and Now
I took my ’76 Trans Am out yesterday. I needed a reboot, and it needed exercise. Drove the orange-painted, screaming, chickened “gas guzzler” around for about an hour, taking my usual route out and back. Full tank when I left. When I got done, I refilled at my local Marathon. I used about 4 gallons […]
Want to check out my Car’s Infotainment System? Get a Warrant!: NMA E-Newsletter #681
January 31, 2022 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Biometrics, CELL PHONE, connected cars, EDR, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, PRIVACY, Search Warrant, Technology
Many of us find using a cell phone convenient for communicating and learning. Now, connecting a smartphone to a vehicle extends the utility of that little pocket computer. Vehicles have become smartphones on wheels. A car’s infotainment system records and stores call logs, contact lists, GPS information, emails, photos, text messages, social media feeds, videos, […]
The Best Satire Mirrors Reality: NMA E-Newsletter #680
Omeleto released a video in March 2021 that describes a utopian society where citizens are programmed to spy on each other. It is brilliant and disturbing. One vignette depicts a man blowing desperately into a breathalyzer device telescoping from the steering wheel of his vehicle to start it. The developers were prescient. Later that same […]
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