EU Now Wants to Fit Trackers to all New Vehicles

[Devonian]

(11 May 2014, 14:23)BeardyMan Wrote: Don't buy a new car then, easily avoided

I can see it giving peace of mind to some though, as when the airbags are deployed, help is sent. Not a bad idea.

I won't be buying any car with anything like that on it, but I'm sure it will be a selling point for some

As BP say's the filter effect will mean that over a few years the majority of cars will end up with these devices being fitted.

The stated use for notifying the emergency services etc doesn't worry me, but I'd be more concerned about other ways in which the technology could be utilised in the future, such as issuing automatic fines/penalty points for motoring offences; the ability for TPTB (or even hackers!!) to be able to shut down the ECU on the vehicle; and who knows what else could be done??