Topic: Tracking you

[754]

 I say...FTW..

[Kevin D]

Let's inject some reality into this conversation, shall we?

I should stay out of this imagine the future stuff..... I have enough trouble with the past and the present.

[ekpent]

You'll need something a little more credible than a Fox news article...

Gee sorry so many sheeple get offended by the word Fox.Here is another article by the highly esteemed MSNBC for are liberal leaning friends who think they are the Holy Grail. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42919365/ns/politics-more_politics/t/pay-mile-timely-tax-idea-or-privacy-threat/

[Stev-o]

I like tracking my wife when she's working or shopping so I'll know when to expect her to get home.
Then I switch from "playing" with my bikes (or checking out the babe thread!) to home projects so I don't have to  hear about it when she pulls up!

And on a serious note, we track our daughter on AT&T Family Maps. She knows better than to lie about when and where she will be. And makes my wife worry less.

[BeSeeingYou]

 Hitler

YESSSS!............only one page in on this thread.

How about a home movie

Adolf Hitler in colour. Rare homemovies from Berghof.

[BeSeeingYou]

They,the Government, wants the tracking devices on vehicles so they can implement a future tax on the amount of miles that you drive every year. That is in part to make up for electric vehicles who do not pay enough Federal tax on gasoline and also to try and get as much of your money out of your pocket as they can !!  Its all a crock of s#*t

The take I get from the article is that the Feds are not raising enough revenue from current gas taxes to keep pace with road repair and construction due to several reasons.  Better fuel economy, gas taxes not being raised for many years, growing use of electric vehicles will have some impact in the future, etc.  We can argue about the best way to collect the revenue but if we want decent roads you have to pay for them.  The crock of sh!t is folks wanting stuff but not wanting to pay for it.  Don't like the gas tax....stay off the roads and ride around in your backyard instead.

[Retro Rocket]

You'll need something a little more credible than a Fox news article...

Gee sorry so many sheeple get offended by the word Fox

Its only more than half the world mate but don't worry, you'll catch up....   Nice labeling mate 

[333]

Both Fox and MSNBC are extremist in their views, just from different sides, so either is a bad example of who to listen to.  And you should note that both articles use words like proposed, will, can, and could.  And may I remind you of what Popular Science magazine from the 60s said what cars would look like today.  I'm not saying it couldn't possibly happen, but just because technology makes it possible, doesn't mean it will happen.

I recently posted a question in a GM forum about removing OnStar, not because of paranoia, but because I want my own stereo system instead of the stock one, and OnStar is integrated into the stock stereo.  All I found in Google on the subject was paranoia.  We live in a paranoid society.  Don't buy into the paranoia.  Don't bury your head in the sand either.  Watch C-Span for what the government is doing, not some newscaster's idea of what he/she thinks is going on.