Fear not, the Insurance companies will step in and stop this. If I had that data, I could use it to show what a safe driver I am and force a huge rate reduction. The insurance companies rely on you not being able to prove you never speed, you actually drive your specified amount, etc.
So yeah, let's have that "tax by the mile" data to bankrupt Allstate, State Farm and the rest of the FUD profiteers.
See, and this is different. Insurance companies actually would have a vested reason to track you, unlike the government. They'd want to know if you tend to spend more time driving through a bad neighborhood. There's no reason they should know this.
Government having this data - fine. Private corporations/individuals having this data - not fine.
Using tracking data to figure out who is burying bodies in the woods - good. Using tracking data so a wife can see if her husband is actually going bowling or meeting some hussy in a motel - bad.
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Fear not, the Insurance companies will step in and stop this. If I had that data, I could use it to show what a safe driver I am and force a huge rate reduction. The insurance companies rely on you not being able to prove you never speed, you actually drive your specified amount, etc.
So yeah, let's have that "tax by the mile" data to bankrupt Allstate, State Farm and the rest of the FUD profiteers.
See, and this is different. Insurance companies actually would have a vested reason to track you, unlike the government. They'd want to know if you tend to spend more time driving through a bad neighborhood. There's no reason they should know this.
Government having this data - fine.
Private corporations/individuals having this data - not fine.
Using tracking data to figure out who is burying bodies in the woods - good.
Using tracking data so a wife can see if her husband is actually going bowling or meeting some hussy in a motel - bad.