NHTSA May Mandate That New Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed

CNS News

Oh, lovely.  Just what we need.  More government controls.


Excerpts:

• would give the government at least the capability to exert increasing control over when, where, if--or for how much additional taxation--people are allowed to go places in individually owned vehicles. It could also give government the ability to track where people go and when. 
• that in fifteen years we are likely to be discussing whether people should be allowed to drive 
• use of vehicles’ speed and location data to issue tickets or track drivers’ movements. 
• The Obama administration has included at least two senior officials who have expressed a desire to use government power to curb the use of vehicles. John P. Holdren...co-authored a 1973 book...with population-control advocates Paul and Anne Ehrlich. 
• Holdren and his co-authors said a “massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States.”  [emphasis added]
• “It is a way to coerce people out of their cars,”

Yeah.  This is another reason why I couldn't endorse Gingrich's new book.  This is 1984-ish type stuff.  Big Brother really wants to watch you--- all the damned time.