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Big Brother In Your Front Seat

Posted by michael on from the be-good-for-goodness'-sake dept.

Rick Zeman writes "Would you give up your privacy in your car to save a few bucks on your auto insurance? 'Safe' drivers who plug an electronic device into their vehicles will be then eligible for a discount on their insurance. They say, '...the device constantly tracks car speed. By comparing that with a clock in the TripSense device, the device figures how far the car goes, mapping it against the time of day. At the end of each policy term, the customer would download the data and see what discount he or she would get. Customers can see all their data before deciding to send it to Progressive, and can decide not to send it -- and not get extra discounts.' I wonder how soon it will be that everyone has one except those resigned to paying extra as with grocery 'convenience' cards."

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  1. Grocery Convenience Cards? by PunkXRock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've filled out forms for at least 5 of those, and never once have I given real information. It's not as if that's checked stringently, or at all. They issue the card right there after you hand them the paper work.

  2. Re:Great Idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i didn't

  3. quoting out of context by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. -Hillary Clinton

    Intellectual dishonesty alert! The full quote:

    Headlining an appearance with other Democratic women senators on behalf of Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is up for re-election this year, Hillary Clinton told several hundred supporters -- some of whom had ponied up as much as $10,000 to attend -- to expect to lose some of the tax cuts passed by President Bush if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress.
    "Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."