Atumatic accident report - by 2018

[andburg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30337272

I hope this wont report every bump and waste emergency service time spending them all over to accidents that grazed paint where there are no injuries and no danger to other road users.

they have enough to deal with!

[R8VXF]

Wonder if this system would have reported my car handbrake failing and I rolling down my drive and crashing into my house recently?

[xRIEx]

I believe it's already used for some manufacturer response services - it could be set to only kick in when airbags are deployed, for example.

[jmorgan]

Wonder who will be paying for it.

[Sheepshanks]

The EU has been pushing for this for years - it was originally supposed to be in use in 2009 - it's the justification for fitting tracking in all cars.

[xRIEx]

Sheepshanks said:

The EU has been pushing for this for years - it was originally supposed to be in use in 2009 - it's the justification for fitting tracking in all cars.

I expect there are very few new mainstream cars that don't already have the hardware.

[Sheepshanks]

xRIEx said:

I expect there are very few new mainstream cars that don't already have the hardware.

"very few" wouldn't be accurate yet, but it's certainly on more and more new cars.

It's a very short jump to road tolling (which was the EU's original reason for wanting tracking in all cars) and automatic speed control (which they've done a lot of work on, including in the UK).

[civicduty]

Shouldn't we have left the EU by then?

[civicduty]

Shouldn't we have left the EU by then?

[spaximus]

It is worse than this first appears as well. The car manufacturers are linking this system with software updates and information exchanges between the car and the main dealer network. Under block exemption rules, they can deny access to vehicle date if it is safety related, which they claim this is.
So your car will tell you where to go for service. It will only be accessible by the franchise network, meaning your choice to use a trusted specialist will no longer be there.

The IAAF in the UK and other European groups are at present trying to unpick this so we will all still have a choice and control of what we do.

It also will give those in power easy access to you and your records, speed anywhere, automatic fine as the car has grassed you up. Want to keep tabs on the population log into the car records.

I am not a "Tin Hatter" but it is alleged that these systems will be able to do much more than just what we are told, all for our own good of course.

[Pesty]

civicduty said:

Shouldn't we have left the EU by then?

We could leave the EU tomorrow but our governments would still be enthusiastic for things like this