EU Tracking all new cars

[Ross]

Ok ok it's the daily fail but...


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625244/EU-bug-car-UK-tracker-chips-Ministers-admit-powerless-stop-Big-Brother-technology.html#ixzz31QdYff1g

Thoughts?

[Gabbastard]

Each individual person is trackable via their mobile phone, so having a car able to be tracked is no big deal

[Ross]

Except you can turn a phone off. Or buy a payg mobile where it's not linked to your ID

[TomT]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/10/article-2625244-1DBA4E5400000578-71_634x468.jpg

That picture is hilarious

[Jigs2895]

I think if the EU want to bring in that legislation then they need to pay the cost of it per car.

Also what about all the small bumps people have day to day which may deploy the airbags unesssaserly, the emergency services time is going to be wasted attending these small bumps when they are not needed.

[Manu]

Ok ok it's the daily fail

Yes, yes it is.

[lemon191]

I think if the EU want to bring in that legislation then they need to pay the cost of it per car.

Also what about all the small bumps people have day to day which may deploy the airbags unesssaserly, the emergency services time is going to be wasted attending these small bumps when they are not needed.

my fiesta has the emergency assistance on it, and how i believe it works is it auto calls emergency services provides them with location etc and then allows for direct communication for the driver to cancel if needed if the services get no reply from the driver they send help. i think if probably gives you a chance to cancel the call altogether before it rings but not sure on that one

[chompy]

my fiesta has the emergency assistance on it, and how i believe it works is it auto calls emergency services provides them with location etc and then allows for direct communication for the driver to cancel if needed if the services get no reply from the driver they send help. i think if probably gives you a chance to cancel the call altogether before it rings but not sure on that one

You'll need to crash the car to test this, you should do this and report back with your findings.

[lewismonteith]

I don't have air bags, looks like I'll be dying at the side of the road

[Beaniemoo]

Mercedes have had something similar to this called 'tele aid' for years. You just don't get it in this country

[KamRacing]

I dont think a call to the emergency services will be useful to an insurance company. Modern car ecu's are already capable of recording a lot of engine status and driver imput simply as cars get more complex. If an insurance company could be bothered then they could read the data already. More likely the Rozzers will be more interested when giving you that dangerous driving charge. Insurance companies will prefer the cheaper black box/ dash cam approach.