Not in Maine, but Worthy Nonetheless!

[Hiram357]

Every car should be equipped with similar device by law. Something like OnStar except using satellites like SPOT. When car detects collision it will automatically send SOS signal with your position or you can call for help by yourself or you can track your lost or stolen car.

if the law ever required me to have something like this, I would never own another vehicle....

[Mainiac1957]

if the law ever required me to have something like this, I would never own another vehicle....

Monday through Friday at least....

[Hiram357]

Monday through Friday at least....

there's a difference between being forced to have one, and being willing to have one for a paycheck...

[Mainiac1957]

there's a difference between being forced to have one, and being willing to have one for a paycheck...

I know with my former cache mobile, when I used the Onstar they knew EXACTY where I was. That was more than a bit creepy.

[dubord207]

I called Onstar one time to show my buddies how it works. We were ice fishing and our trucks were all parked in the middle of China Lake. The Onstar operator hesitated at first when I asked her where I was, but she finally said " There might be a slight satellite issue as I show you in the middle of China Lake!" Technology...big Brother's watching!

[EMSDanel]

Did you read the recent controversy? An agency that gives out car loans wants to make it mandatory that all cars have one of these devices. Their thinking is: they'll know where to send the repo guy if the loanee stops making payments.......

[JustKev]

I called Onstar one time to show my buddies how it works. We were ice fishing and our trucks were all parked in the middle of China Lake. The Onstar operator hesitated at first when I asked her where I was, but she finally said " There might be a slight satellite issue as I show you in the middle of China Lake!" Technology...big Brother's watching!

You did that on purpose to confuse the Onstar operator. I'll bet you were grinning during the whole conversation.

[Hiram357]

Did you read the recent controversy? An agency that gives out car loans wants to make it mandatory that all cars have one of these devices. Their thinking is: they'll know where to send the repo guy if the loanee stops making payments.......

I also heard another reason was that they wanted to track the habits of "high risk" loans so they would know wether or not they should give them a loan for the vehicle...

[JustPJ66]

just think of the potiential information that could be sold to companies about you and your shopping and stopping habits...do they go to McDonalds or Burgerking more, Do they go to the mall or shop downtown, how many trips to the grocery store do they make in a week, where do they bank....scary to think about

[JustKev]

just think of the potiential information that could be sold to companies about you and your shopping and stopping habits...do they go to McDonalds or Burgerking more, Do they go to the mall or shop downtown, how many trips to the grocery store do they make in a week, where do they bank....scary to think about

They hide a camera in the dash somewhere showing what you do as you get there they'd see 75 - 99% of today's drivers trying to be creative about how they pick their nose.