Given how trivially easy GPS is to disrupt, I think a lot of these devices would mysteriously start malfunctioning on the open road or on toll roads if this was actually done.

I'd like to see a system that simply queries the ECU for the vehicle's odometer reading every time the vehicle is driven and sends that to the appropriate agency, with no location tracking involved.

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[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

No: GPS tracking or even “magic technology device” can fuck right off. Who’s paying for ~6 million devices? Who’s managing all that data? Who’s overseeing all that data? What’s stopping the govt suddenly deciding “we’ll fine you immediately when you speed. Anywhere, any time”? I’d rather have the shitty prepaid paper system over GPS.

I'll put money down that it will be an evil company. Palantir or a similar company.