Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015

A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be rubber
stamped by the House would make it mandatory for all new cars in the
United States to be fitted with black box data recorders from 2015
onwards.

Section 31406 of Senate Bill 1813
(known as MAP-21), calls for “Mandatory Event Data Recorders” to be
installed in all new automobiles and legislates for civil penalties to
be imposed against individuals for failing to do so.

“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall revise part 563 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, to require, beginning with model year 2015, that
new passenger motor vehicles sold in the United States be equipped with
an event data recorder that meets the requirements under that part,”
states the bill.

Although the text of legislation states that such data
would remain the property of the owner of the vehicle, the government
would have the power to access it in a number of circumstances,
including by court order, if the owner consents to make it available,
and pursuant to an investigation or inspection conducted by the
Secretary of Transportation.

Given the innumerable examples of both government and
industry illegally using supposedly privacy-protected information to spy
on individuals, this represents the slippery slope to total Big Brother
surveillance of every American’s transport habits and location data.

The legislation, which has been given the Orwellian
title ‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act’, sailed
through the Senate after being heavily promoted by Democrats Harry Reid
and Barbara Boxer and is also expected to pass the Republican-controlled
House.

Given the fact that the same bill also includes a controversial provision that would empower the IRS to revoke passports of citizens
merely accused of owing over $50,000 in back taxes, stripping them of
their mobility rights, could the mandatory black boxes or a similar
technology be used for the same purpose?

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