OBD II guys
Shannen Durphey
shannen at grolen.com
Tue Mar 9 23:40:54 GMT 1999
New uses for "gas hog clunker" laws.
Shannen
Raymond C Drouillard wrote:
>
> >> I might be crazy, but if GM can open your door lock and tell where you
> >> are from a satellite, how far away can it be that they will be able to
> >> tell what your car is doing at anytime(I know sending is different
> from
> >> receiving, but half the technology is there, right now). I was told
> >> they are working on a way to fix your memcal from the sky(via
> >> satellite).
> >> Max
> >
> >It would really SUCK if they can tell what your cars is doing, I
> routinely
> >speed (~50K over). It could make GM extra money, lets say they (gm) get
> >1% of speeding fines.. At long last freedom from photo radar, speed
> traps your
> >car could just rat you out..
> >
> >I think it is possible that someone at gm has thought about this
>
> Of course, those of us with older vehicles would have a big advantage.
> No "tattletale" ECM to snitch on us, and the cops would probablly have a
> lot less radar and photo equipment as the newer "snitch" ECMs come on
> line. Just think... we can drive past all of the sheep in their new
> "snitch" cars, knowing that the cops can't read our ECM, and that they
> probablly don't have too many radar guns left.
>
> Well... I'm trying to see the bright side. The down side is that they
> might mandate "retrofit" ECMs, or even ban older cars.
>
> Ray
>
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