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[darmstadt]

+1 Those mobile phone blocker units are very expensive. Something should be done about it.

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[BrilloPad]

Yeah, it costs a bloody fortune to cut off a mobile phone. That's why so many people get away with not paying their bills yet still being able to use them

+1 Those mobile phone blocker units are very expensive. Something should be done about it.

[NickFitz]

Why? It will be automatically built into all cars as they are built so would cost money and effort to remove / disable it...

Yeah, it costs a bloody fortune to cut off a mobile phone. That's why so many people get away with not paying their bills yet still being able to use them

[d000hg]

Also, I wonder how heavy the things are - Even if they're fairly light, that extra weight in hundreds of millions of cars throughout the EU will burn millions of tons more fuel.

So much for the EU's green agenda

edit: The scheme is obviously a stalking horse for a mileage tax - If in doubt, follow the money

If it also detects people speeding (??) the weight is nothing compared to the savings in fuel.

[darmstadt]

Why? It will be automatically built into all cars as they are built so would cost money and effort to remove / disable it...

Eh? All I was pointing out was that it wasn't law yet. I already have it in my car and my new one that I've ordered has it as well...

[eek]

I'm taking it that you didn't read the first paragraph, just in case I've highlighted a couple of salient facts for you:



So its not signed off yet. There could be opposition, I mean if the Ukip are interested in keeping EU laws out of Britain surely they could turn up to vote against it?

Why? It will be automatically built into all cars as they are built so would cost money and effort to remove / disable it...

[darmstadt]

EU signs off on eCall emergency-phone-in-every-car plan

I'm taking it that you didn't read the first paragraph, just in case I've highlighted a couple of salient facts for you:

The European Union's plan to insist every new car on the road by 2015 includes a mobile device that phones home after a crash is set to become reality, after the European Commission signed off draft legislation to enact the scheme. Assent from the European Parliament and Council of the European Union is now required, but little opposition is expected.

So its not signed off yet. There could be opposition, I mean if the Ukip are interested in keeping EU laws out of Britain surely they could turn up to vote against it?

[eek]

I do some work for a company that's trialing tracking devices. The idea is you get one fitted and it allows your insurance company to monitor how you drive in return for a lower premium. So the technology is coming via the private sector anyway.

That technology has been used on a commercial basis for over 10 years. The only difference is its got an awful lot cheaper...

[doodab]

I do some work for a company that's trialing tracking devices. The idea is you get one fitted and it allows your insurance company to monitor how you drive in return for a lower premium. So the technology is coming via the private sector anyway.

[Flashman]

So there are still some people who believe the horsetulip the Mail pumps out, are there? Jolly good, jolly good

EU signs off on eCall emergency-phone-in-every-car plan

[NickFitz]

So there are still some people who believe the horsetulip the Mail pumps out, are there? Jolly good, jolly good

[scooterscot]

Goodness you people are paranoid.

[xoggoth]

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

The only quote I can think of that is almost always true.

[vetran]

Chris Rea getting it wrong too doesn't make it right.

The misquote was intentional, I was trying to be funny about tax per mile enabled by eCall paying for roads, obviously I failed.

[doodab]

Whoosh ?

This might help

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...66330100,d.ZWU

Not really. The saying is "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". You probably misheard.