Thread: Big Brother - a tracking device in every vehicle!?

Originally Posted by Heggs

I have mine tracked with fleetminder, it cost $1,100 to install and $600/year to track via a website and via telstra GPRS system. it works by recieving the signal from GPS and then transmits data back to the fleetminder system via GPRS. Great for keeping taxation logbooks.

Not sure how the government would fund such a system for everybody maybe dip into the future fund...... oh bugger hang on already done that to pay for winie blues and burbon

Thanks for posting some actual figures. And of course, you know how they will fund it - initial charge of $1100 to every motorist when introduced, and rego goes up $600/year - obvious!

John

They would have to overcome some significant issues from the civil liberties lot...having private vehicles under serveillance via a tracking system??. I can't see it being a reality - how's it going to be policed/monitored/maintained, and as mentioned...paid for?

Idiots.


Matt.

Originally Posted by Jamo

Doesn't bother me. If the govt wants to follow me around, good luck to them.

There are benefits if the car gets stolen

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i think other benefits is, pin pointing more people to crimes...unless of course the car is stolen in the first place..

but things like knowing what cars are in the area at the time a bush fire started for instance.

the big thing is if they can track you by satellite then who's to say they wont send speeding fines through the post.....

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Thanks for posting some actual figures. And of course, you know how they will fund it - initial charge of $1100 to every motorist when introduced, and rego goes up $600/year - obvious!

John

I work for a company that carts dangerous goods, and they have tracked the trucks for quite some years now. If they deviate from a given path, the driver gets a phone call to see why. They also get a phone call to say they are driving past a rest time & to pull over ASAP & rest. If needed the truck engine can be shut down from head office. These devices also record delivery points ( when an invoice is raised the location is recorded) & another driver can take over the run & get directed to the same spot, so much for local knowledge. Invoices are uploaded & emailed or posted practically immediately.
Currently they are seriously looking at a monitoring device that video's the road ahead, & 2 views in the cabin looking at the driver. It activates & memorises the previous 30 sec and next 30 sec after a "major" incident ie swerve, impact, heavy bump ie kerb etc (& flags that something has been recorded). Obviously the drivers are fighting that one.
These devices, like other electronic stuff are getting cheaper by the month & volume purchases get serious discounts, its getting quite competitive in this market sector, so it could be lots cheaper in a short time.

David

Originally Posted by mudmouse

They would have to overcome some significant issues from the civil liberties lot...having private vehicles under serveillance via a tracking system??. I can't see it being a reality - how's it going to be policed/monitored/maintained, and as mentioned...paid for?

Idiots.


Matt.

Some years ago I was involved with tracking commercial fishermen so we knew which vessels were trawling in restricted areas, i.e., areas where international telecoms submarine cables were located. I was the Marine Manager for that organisation.

AFMA (the Australian Fisheries Management Authority) and NSW Fisheries required realtime satellite tracking of the trawlers so they knew where the fishermen worked and if they were coming into port and illegally off-loading fish without declaring their real catch.

We wanted info re which trawlers were near a cable if it was cut. The fishermen said they couldn't afford it.

So the company for which I worked decided to buy and pay for the installation of the equipment. It worked except when the fishermen turned it off (claiming system failures).

If I had a GPS tracking system fitted to my car, it, too, would soon be "faulty".

Originally Posted by p38arover

Some years ago I was involved with tracking commercial fishermen so we knew which vessels were trawling in restricted areas, i.e., areas where international telecoms submarine cables were located. I was the Marine Manager for that organisation.

AFMA (the Australian Fisheries Management Authority) and NSW Fisheries required realtime satellite tracking of the trawlers so they knew where ther fishermen worked and if they were coming into port and illegally off-loading fish without declaring their real catch.

We wanted info re which trawlers were near a cable if it was cut. The fishermen said they couldn't afford it.

So the company for which I worked decided to buy and pay for the installation of the equipment. It worked except when the fishermen turned it off (claiming system failures).

If I had a GPS tracking system fitted to my car, it, too, would soon be "faulty"

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and probably not by Rons doing

Originally Posted by dullbird

and probably not by Rons doing

DB is mean to me!

Originally Posted by p38arover

DB is mean to me!

No the universe is mean to you that's why everything in your life is faulty