Tanker Truck Shut Down Via Satellite

unassimilatible writes "Satellite Security Systems, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol and InterState Oil Company, demonstrated the first wireless remote shutdown of a fully loaded, moving gas tanker truck. Described as "a viable solution to the challenge of controlling rogue hazardous waste vehicles that could pose a threat to homeland security," satellite communications were used to disable the truck in seconds, 530 miles from the demonstration site. But that's not all. California Assembly Bill (AB) 575 (PDF link) would require truck disabling devices, global positioning or other 'location reporting systems' on all hazardous material haulers. With all of the police pursuits in California, can mandatory GPS and disabling devices in all vehicles be far away?"

Comments

Way to paranoid.

[Jartan]

We're talking about dangerous materials trucks people not your hillbilly cousin Jonny in his pickup. It's not exactly like we have to protect the privacy of people carrying what are essentially large bombs on wheels roaming across the country.

The people who expect some sort of editorial integrity from Slashdot really piss me off admittedly. Slashdot is not a news service it's just a blog. That being said though the blatant cut-and-paste-dont-even-read-it policy has got to go. Don't post stuff thats blatant sensationalism right out of someones email to you. You think the links cool then fine post it with your own blurb.

Re:In the land of the indolent

[Zemran]

Most of those that have experienced the privations of war are dead

Strange, I think my parents are still alive and they were also alive in the war. I know of lots of old people that bore me whenever they can with their war stories. Maybe history is not your subject but it is only 60 years since the war and life expectancy here is longer than that. Although, as a generalisation, 'most' of them are dead and the rest of them are fed up with people dying for the fun of it.

I'm not aware of any "oil dividend"

Then you are not following what is happening. Iraq had borrowed heavily to build new infrastructure which was destroyed in the war. They are now expected to use the oil revenue to rebuild what was destroyed in the war. America decides who gets the contracts to rebuild and awards the contracts to American companies that submit closed bids. The oil flows again and America gets the money. Iraq has to pay yet again for infrastructure that it still has to pay for the first building of. And America wonders why the Arabs hate them ? Forget Palestine, just follow what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Do not forget that the rest of us get hurt in the revenge attacks that American actions create... I am fed up with terrorism and am therefore against this American war on Terrorism and the terrorism that it creates. I think that it is time the rest of the world started a war on terrorism and stopped the US stupidities.