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[ZX9RCAM]

» Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
"A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be rubber stamped by the House would make it mandatory for all new cars in the United States to be fitted with black box data recorders from 2015 onwards."

 

[hkusp1]

Pathetic. It will take some electronics nerd all of five seconds to figure out how to rip that thing out.

 

[stx kid]

And a redneck all of three seconds with a sawsall

 

[hkusp1]

Screw it tannerite and a .243.

 

[Texasjack]

It's just fodder for the lawyers. Every accident will have the lawyers filing subpoenas for the black boxes.

 

[Glockster69]

Well Cam, I see you're starting our day with a bucket full of sunshine.

I'm not great with US history...might not be the ideal 2A representative, but every day I'm one step closer to being a devout Constitionalist

 

[Mr. Bojangles]

Oh come on guys, it's only to keep us safe.

 

[rsayloriii]

Hate to burst your bubble, but a lot of newer cars already have them. I know my parent's 07 4Runner has it, so it's nothing new.

 

[Glockster69]

But it's not yet MANDATED therefore we can choose vehicles w/o them. I believe that's called freedom

 

[beaner]

Rest assured the next generation of these will be tied to the computer and if tampered with will render said vehicle inoperable.

Frightening to think of what will come next.

 

[M. Sage]

Hate to burst your bubble, but a lot of newer cars already have them. I know my parent's 07 4Runner has it, so it's nothing new.

Pretty much every car built in the last ten-plus years has this function to some degree, mostly they save data at the time of airbag deployment. It won't be a seperate moldule, just firmware in modules that already are used, maybe with a memory upgrade. You can't just pull modules out of a new car, because it's all networked, but instead of a web, it's a chain. Cutting a module out just breaks the chain. The data record feature could be programmed out, but that's probably asking someone to risk prison for you. Some cars, the feature might be disabled with the right coding, if the factory doesn't put the ability to code whatever module they put it in under lock and key, which I expect they'll do. All in all, I don't understand who is pushing this law because the why escapes me. One scary aspecy is the network thing combined with a lot of new cars' data transmission capabilities and the growing number of cars with nav. And yes, nav systems are on the network, too.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Well Cam, I see you're starting our day with a bucket full of sunshine.

I'm not great with US history...might not be the ideal 2A representative, but every day I'm one step closer to being a devout Constitionalist

I aim to please!

 

[Glockster69]

Good dawg

 

[TxDad]

But it's not yet MANDATED therefore we can choose vehicles w/o them. I believe that's called freedom

All they will say is you have the FREEDOM not to drive a car and ride a bike. You know, the same option you have for vehicle insurance.

----Believe me, that was painful to type.

 

[stdreb27]

I've watched dodge techs pull data off computers to tell them all sorts of stuff. Mainly data they'd use to determine if they'd warrantee the transmission, or not. and that was 10 years ago...

 

[hkusp1]

Looks like I'm back on the bicycle.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

....bout time for a bra.

 

[Glockster69]

Moo moo - PLEASE

 

[hkusp1]

Never!!!

 

[Flewda]

As soon as these cars all become hooked up to the interwebz, Anonymous will just hack everyone's cars and make the gas pedal increase the radio volume, the brake will honk your horn, your light knob will activate your e-brake, and your e-brake will send you back in time. You watch.