Slashdot | Using GPS To Catch Speeders Found Illegal

[Riad S. Wahby]

Jim Choate <ravage at 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.

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Riad Wahby
rsw at mit.edu
MIT VI-2/A 2002

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