E-tracking, coming to a DMV near you

By Declan McCullagh
Cnet News
December 5, 2005, 4:00 AM PST

http://news.com.com/E-tracking%2C%2Bcoming%2Bto%2Ba%2BDMV%2Bnear%2Byou/2010-1071_3-5980979.html

Trust federal bureaucrats to take a good idea and transform it into a frightening proposal to track Americans wherever they drive.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these "mileage-based road user fees."

Now electronic tracking and taxing may be coming to a DMV near you. The Office of Transportation Policy Studies, part of the Federal Highway Administration, is about to announce another round of grants totaling some $11 million. A spokeswoman on Friday said the office is "shooting for the end of the year" for the announcement, and more money is expected for GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking efforts.

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:sarcasm: :eyes: :grr:

Really, they ought not be allowed to proceed with the BS.

just like the tickets sent when your EZPass doesn't register. In New Jersey, they are issuing bills to people who bargained down their traffic tickets in municipal court, dunning people for the amount that they would have had to pay if the ticket had not been plea-bargained. Sort of a double jeopardy situation, don't you think?

new vehicles with GPS systems will have a "kill switch" ability which allows police/law enforcement officials to track the vehicle and shut the engine off

One study prepared for the Transportation Department predicts a PR success. "Less than 7 percent of the respondents expressed concerns about recording their vehicle's movements," it says.

-- Did they only poll members of freerepublic.com???????????

are WAY more concerned about govt. intrusion than we are. Remember, their wackos are libertarians and ours are commies!

No, I don't think they are fascists nor do I buy the Hitler=Stalin+religion argument.

They aren't nearly as rabid as I expected.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546825/posts

Conversely DU is more so. "Curiouser and curiouser" said Alice.

There opinions will magically change - I GUARANTEE IT!

How can we hope to contend with such reckless HATRED? How do we put a screwball like this back where he belongs: ON THE FRINGE politically instead of at the BASE of the republican party?