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[Lazydocker]

Ah, the thin end of the wedge.. the slippery slope.. etc. How long before these are mandatory for all of us?

Big brother can monitor my driving over my cold, dead, body! 

My thoughts exactly... As long as I drive safely and within the law I will drive how I like

What have you done with the real Lazydocker ? 

Moment of sanity

Although I have calmed down quite a bit now that the pup is in the back... Don't want her face to resemble a waffle

[Entwood]

Whilst the aged  senior ones amongst us may abhor the idea of our driving being "monitored" - we are of course the best drivers in the world .... - if the "black box" idea serves any of these purposes then I see a good future for it ... and strongly support the idea

a) It allows young, immature, inexperienced, drivers the chance of driving with reduced premiums it may well reduce the number of uninsured drivers on the roads.

b) It reminds young drivers that they will suffer a financial penalty if they get stupid

c) If used with drivers - of any age - who have "previous" stupidity, it may well re-educate them that they should drive properly

With all things there are caveats .. but hitting someone in the pocket has long been shown to be an effective deterrent......

Not all new ideas are inherently bad........ 

[Kevin Wood]

I think if anyone successfully fitted one to my car (I'd like to see them try) the box would find itself in an extremely hostile electrical environment that would destroy it whilst leaving no scars.

A microwave?

Oh, no. I was thinking about a bizarre random fault that causes the supply voltage to inexplicably spike just before each of my blatting trips to Scotland or wherever. One of those odd intermittent faults that's incredibly difficult to reproduce and, bizarrely, doesn't affect any other electronics in the car.

Either that or a noise source that radiates strongly at 1575.42 MHz.