Immobilising speeding drivers remotely via web!!!!
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whatever next...according to todays Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=3CF4LFKSPECKVQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wdrive25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/02/25/ixportal.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=70008
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Concerned parents are indulging in the ultimate backseat driving experience - computer technology that allows them to monitor how their children are driving and, if necessary, immobilise the car.
A wave of tracking devices is coming on to the market in America that takes the basic "black box" flight recorder principle of logging journeys several steps further.
Data recorders are installed on 15pc of cars in the US
An interactive element allows parents sitting at home to intervene if they believe Junior's "quick trip" is spiralling out of control.
Data recorders are now installed on 15 per cent of cars in the United States but many parents are increasingly wanting more control when their children get behind a steering wheel, say manufacturers.
Last year, 14 per cent of deaths on American roads were caused by teenage drivers.
Most of the half dozen or so products now on sale use global positioning satellite systems and warn parents of untoward motoring behaviour via email, phone or logging on to a website.
They range in price from £132 to £260. The Real-Time Tracking system, for example, allows parents to follow their car's movements on an internet site street map and to remotely disable the car's starter once it has stopped.
The RS-1000 Teen Driving computer sounds a warning in the car when it detects dangerous driving. Larry Selditz, who runs the company, compares the system to "being able to sit next to your teenager every second they drive".
The black box contains a card that can be removed and connected to a computer so parents can print performance reports.
Lawyers, however, say the systems fall into an untested legal area as regards consent and they warn that recorded information could end up in court after an accident.
comments?
>>> Edited by ed22 on Friday 25th February 17:36
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=3CF4LFKSPECKVQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wdrive25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/02/25/ixportal.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=70008
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Concerned parents are indulging in the ultimate backseat driving experience - computer technology that allows them to monitor how their children are driving and, if necessary, immobilise the car.
A wave of tracking devices is coming on to the market in America that takes the basic "black box" flight recorder principle of logging journeys several steps further.
Data recorders are installed on 15pc of cars in the US
An interactive element allows parents sitting at home to intervene if they believe Junior's "quick trip" is spiralling out of control.
Data recorders are now installed on 15 per cent of cars in the United States but many parents are increasingly wanting more control when their children get behind a steering wheel, say manufacturers.
Last year, 14 per cent of deaths on American roads were caused by teenage drivers.
Most of the half dozen or so products now on sale use global positioning satellite systems and warn parents of untoward motoring behaviour via email, phone or logging on to a website.
They range in price from £132 to £260. The Real-Time Tracking system, for example, allows parents to follow their car's movements on an internet site street map and to remotely disable the car's starter once it has stopped.
The RS-1000 Teen Driving computer sounds a warning in the car when it detects dangerous driving. Larry Selditz, who runs the company, compares the system to "being able to sit next to your teenager every second they drive".
The black box contains a card that can be removed and connected to a computer so parents can print performance reports.
Lawyers, however, say the systems fall into an untested legal area as regards consent and they warn that recorded information could end up in court after an accident.
comments?
>>> Edited by ed22 on Friday 25th February 17:36
Considering the high death rate amongst young male drivers (18-25) perhaps it's not such a bad idea. It would be a nice get-out for a lad not to feel under pressure to show off to his car full of mates. "Sorry lads I can drive loads faster than this but my Dad will stop the ferkin car if I do!"
ed22 said:
...use global positioning satellite systems and warn parents of untoward motoring behaviour via email, phone or logging on to a website...The RS-1000 Teen Driving computer sounds a warning in the car when it detects dangerous driving...
>>> Edited by ed22 on Friday 25th February 17:36
What a clever device. So, pulling out in front of people can be detected, driving through a crowd of children playing on the pavement, lane hogging, cutting people up and so on can be detected by this device? MMM very clever.
Or is it just speed related irrespective of the circumstances? I wonder.
hedders said:
I really don't understand why it is so important that we stop all accidents from happening..
The world is a dangerous place, get used to it and get over it...
spot on hedders.
Its called "having a choice"
Unfortuneatly, the choice whether to speed in the wrong circumstance CAN AND DOES have distastrous results.
Take biker stats for eg.
More bikes are being registred now, so accidents WILL go up. Cant be avoided. So what do you do. Ban biking. What next? What is this F*CKING obsession by the gov. to try to control/eliminate all potentials for accidents.
Where one has a choice, the choice has an outcome. Inappropriate speed can have unfortunate outcomes.
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