I'm sure they will find away around warrants. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:04 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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:350290 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
