Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?"

ramen99 writes "Our new car insurance company offered us discounts for our teenage driver if we agree to install a 'drive-cam' that records driving habits and wirelessly transmits video footage to a 'neutral driving coach' for evaluation and comment. While this might be great to monitor a new teen driver, it will also monitor other adult drivers. The insurance company claims that they would never use any information obtained to consider changes in insurance rates, but that really sounds unbelievable. Would you give up your privacy to save some dough? Installation is free, and the camera mounts just under the rear-view mirror. Something seems fishy about this..." Especially when, according to a British insurance firm, computer engineers are most likely to crash (sent in by antdude).

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Whoosh!

[iYk6]

...and farmers think that 15 miles an hour is fast...

You're from the city, ye?

Do you know what that whooshing sound is? That is you missing the joke. Farmers often drive tractors, which are big and slow. Maybe it wasn't that funny, but it wasn't exactly subtle either.

Re:Private Car Cameras

[ZosX]

Actually what you just described is a crime. Fleeing the scene of an accident. You may or may not be at fault for hitting the pedestrian, but you cannot just leave them there. Sticking around and sticking with it being an accident are your best defenses. If you drive away you are as guilty as if you would have just pointed the nose of hood to a random pedestrian an took them down. Running is never the right thing to do, nor the most smart.