IBM to Help UAE Track Drivers on the Road

Mr.Bananas writes "InformationWeek reports that IBM has announced a deal with United Arab Emirates in which it would provide speed tracking devices that will automatically warn violators of traffic laws: "The telematics device will use multiple microprocessors based on IBM's Power Architecture, and will have the capability to monitor the speed of the vehicle and send out a warning if the car surpasses the posted speed limit." GeekCoffee goes on to report that tickets will be issued automatically to violators who ignore the warnings: "If the voice warning is ignored, the system would use a GSM/GPRS link to beam the car's speed, identity and location to the police so that a ticket could be issued.""

Comments

Who's rights where?

[ravenspear]

I don't mean to offend any /. readers from the UAE, but it seems the YRO category has been getting more obscure with each story over the past few weeks. What relevance does a tracking system that will be experienced offline by drivers in the United Arab Emirates have to do with my rights online or anywhere else?

Re:UAE?

[lappy512]

Nah, they are monitoring truck bombs in the United Arab Emirates