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Rental Car Companies Watching By Satellite, Again
tlcruiser writes: "The Arizona Daily Star reports that Budget Rent-A-Car companies in Arizona have used satellite tracking systems to track customers' use without notifying customers. They have used the tracking system to issue fines to their customers. Several customers are suing Budget for the invasion of privacy." When ACME Rent-a-Car did this in Connecticut, it was found improper by that state's Department of Consumer Protection. This time, the monitoring is not only of speed, but also of whether renters are staying within contractually allowed driving territories.
Give me a break. The rental car company OWNS the car. They can track it whenever, where ever, or however they want. Boohoo, now I can't park my fucking UHAUL truck in front of a government building and bomb the shit out of it because now they will catch me very very easily. Boohoo, i can't park my rental car in a parking garage and bomb some people with it. OMG, they might track you as going to a whore house or a strip club or a porn shop. Who cares? I know I wouldn't. I might get a laugh but thats all. Damn, and you think those conspiracy theorists are bad. I think rental car companies should have full rights over their property. Plain and simple.
Yeah, I was driving down the highway the other day in my own car and I saw one of those signs that read, "Speed Enforced by Aircraft." I didn't like the idea of Big Brother spying on me from above. So naturally I applied the gas pedal and exceeded 90 miles per hour. Next thing you know a patrol car flies out from behind a barrier and pulls me over! How dare they catch me! I paid my toll to use the road, so I should be allowed to use it any way I want to! It is my right to drive on the wrong side of the road in the shoulder in reverse while sticking my head out of the passenger side window! I paid for it! It's all MINE! This travesty of justice will not last! BOYCOTT BOYCOTT!
Fucking Hell, why doesn't GNU make roads yet so I can be a jackass on my own time and not have to deal with this privacy-stealing "safety" bullshit. Excuse me, I think I know a little more about driving than these cop bastards.