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Re: May be legal, but it may not be right.
Posted by fsik (more from fsik) on Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:29:29
In Reply to: May be legal, but it may not be right., Jimbo, Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:27:53
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No, it's not right, a rental agency in CT did this 2 or 3 years ago, albeit without disclosing it, black boxed the car and charged for speeding. They took a pile of criticism (and had to return the fee).
Although, limitations on crossing state lines, etc., is something you're supposed to check on rental agreements, along with mileage and what insurance you want. Just scrawling you name on the dotted line is being an uninformed consumer and you're really asking for it.
Unfortunately, telematics is the wave of the future. All trains and trucks will probably have them in 5 years, any car with OnStar or similar stuff already has the hardware. The next gen telematics work thru GPRS so they'll be transparent, log to a central DB. VDO is working on doing this with TMobile. There currently is no such thing as privacy anyway, it's a marketing concept more than anything else, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
--fsik, cynical day
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