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I live in California (across the Atlantic from Texas), and we also use MPH.
> What happens if you've got the rental car on the German autobahn where there's no speed limit? Well, that Connecticut company will probably report the car stolen.
Acme wasn't pulling over random, speeding drivers and ticketing them. They were fining their customers according to the terms of their contract.
Acme was about to be pilloried by its insurance company due to the number of claims paid. Installing GPS and dinging the offending drivers seems much more reasonable to me than spreading the cost to all of Acme's customers.
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I live in California (across the Atlantic from Texas), and we also use MPH.
> What happens if you've got the rental car on the German autobahn where there's no speed limit?
Well, that Connecticut company will probably report the car stolen.
Acme wasn't pulling over random, speeding drivers and ticketing them. They were fining their customers according to the terms of their contract.
Acme was about to be pilloried by its insurance company due to the number of claims paid. Installing GPS and dinging the offending drivers seems much more reasonable to me than spreading the cost to all of Acme's customers.