EDR's Coming to a Car Near You

[W3SLK]

Don said:

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has also developed cars that give warning or swerve before hitting an object

Swerve to miss an object or animal and get into a wreck here in these parts, and your're busted for 'reckless driving'.

[David, K3TUE]

This EDR thing is not the government. It's probably being pushed by car insurance companies.

You can count on this.

[David, K3TUE]

Even before E911, you could be tracked within a few miles (maybe less) if your cell phone was powered on.

E911 "GPS" can be disabled unless you dial 911 on every phone I have ever seen.

And I believe the tracking you by cell is because the cell companies work with law enforcement and allow them to watch a numb er as it logs in to new cells as you move (an important part of how the technology works).

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

E911 "GPS" can be disabled unless you dial 911 on every phone I have ever seen.

And I believe the tracking you by cell is because the cell companies work with law enforcement and allow them to watch a numb er as it logs in to new cells as you move (an important part of how the technology works).

You are correct. The location function can be selected so that is activates only when you dial 911, or at least as far as you know

That said, any cell phone can be tracked if it's on and talking to the cell towers. This capability is a least a decade old. The cell companies developed it back in the AMPS days to try to deal with phone cloning and illicit use of the system.

[wa2zdy]

They can't make your spouse testify against you but now your car - YOUR OWN property - automatically testifies against you, even without your consent.

Amazing.

[W1RKW]

Wack it with a taser before the cops arrive.