Maryland will reportedly spend $183 million to make changes to the EZ Pass electronic toll collection system. Under the system, toll booths would be replaced by overpasses under which motorists could drive without slowing down. Sensors would deduct tolls from…
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NYC cab drivers are rallying against the Taxi and Limousine Commission's plan to outfit cabs with Gloabl Positioning Satellite systems, claiming that it violates their right to privacy. In an article in AM New York, the head of the New…
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The emergence of Vehicle Safety Communication technology is starting to get more press attention. Here's a story from Red Herring, "Wi-Fi Makes Cars Smarter". The article is right to point out the various "policy and privacy" issues related to DSRC-enabled…
The Boston Transportation Department is engaging in what Bruce Schneier calls "wholesale surveillance" in order to collect unpaid parking tickets. A white SUV equipped with two video cameras on top and a laptop computer running license plate scanning software drives…
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The state of Missouri has begun a program to track individual movements on highways through cell phones:The Missouri Department of Transportation will spend $3 million annually on a program to monitor the movements of individuals on highways via their cell…
Read More Missouri: State Spies on Drivers Through Cell Phones
Anita Ramasastry's recent columns at FindLaw, Tracking Every Move You Make Can Car Rental Companies Use Technology to Monitor Our Driving? discusses the use of GPS as a monitoring technology, particularly in rental cars. From the article:GPS-Plus-Wireless Transmitters: Why the…
WiredNews reports on the growing desire by governments to use RFID tags to help identify (and track?) automobiles on the public roads: The British government is preparing to test new high-tech license plates containing microchips capable of transmitting unique vehicle…
Popular Science features an article on "The Future of the Car: Behold the All-Seeing, Self-Parking, Safety-Enforcing, Networked Automobile" where one of the emerging technologies discussed is Vehicle Safety Communication technology:The next giant leap in sensing will be radio networking that…
Read More Popular Science on Vehicle Safety Communication Technologies
I am on my way to The Netherlands to particpate in two exciting conferences. I will be presenting my paper "Surveillance, Privacy and the Ethics of Vehicle Safety Communication Technologies" [PDF] at the International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry.…
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Wired News reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to release new rules for controversial car black boxes this summer: Contrary to expectations, the rules don't require automakers to install the boxes in every car, but they do…
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