Transport Canada GPS speed control
Engadget reports that Transport Canada is testing technology that uses GPS to tell where your car is, combine that with the speed limit, and control the speed of your car.
If that is true, its an absurd example of excessive government intrusion.
Technology should be used to empower, to make life better, and to entertain – not to control. That goes for both government and business alike (eg music industry DRM attempts). Last time I checked, we are not Borg (“resistance is futile”).
We have seen reports about this happening in the UK, but I thought we were above this sort of thing here.
What an incredible dangerous idea. I get beside a transport truck and have to accelerate to get by because of an event down the road and can’t because this GPS device limits the speed. 2) can’t exceed 50 km/hr to get someone with a heart attack to the hospital because of this device. Get this wacko out of there.
Comment by Richard Young — December 2, 2005 @ 12:32 pm