Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> wrote:
What's an example of why this process won't work? Consider the GPS is set for 55MPH and the customer is doing exactly 50MPG (hence not being shown as a speeder) but is in a 30MPH zone.
Squirrel definitions won't help you, Jim. Neither will the ridiculous straw men you're erecting. A speeder, in this discussion, is a person who breaks the speed limit imposed by the _rental_contract_, not the state. If the company has the technological ability to accurately (or inaccurately, although that would probably be bad for business) measure the speed of the car, they can tell if the person is exceeding their contractually determined speed, that is, "speeding." If the contract says they can charge $5000000 for each infraction, they can. Period. Like Declan and Steve point out, the consumer may not be happy with this. If they're not, they can go somewhere else. -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105