> Don't worry, State and Federal governments surely won't do anything with > these boxes. I can't imagine cash strapped states pulling the box during > inspection, cross checking speed with speed limit and gps data, and then > writing tickets for any violations.
This sounds like it would fall under illegal search and seizure. The authorities have no probably cause to suspect a crime has been committed, so they shouldn't be snooping to begin with. Any evidence found should be inadmissible anyway. At least, that's how it is *supposed* to work. I don't know what kinds of wacky hoops lawyers will be able to jump through to make something stick. I guess one way to do it would be to require mechanics or other people who have valid access to the data to report anything potentially illegal they come across to authorities, who then have cause to search (still only with a warrant). > > It's not like anyone would put cameras on buses and use the camera's to > find violations so tickets could be issued, or would they (google bus > mounted camera San Francisco)? I would think of this as a mobile stop light camera (and ignoring any arguments about the ethics of their use). You are caught committing an alleged crime in public for all to see. That is different than having your vehicle computer records searched for no good reason. One is passive. The other is active and intrusive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350288 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
