Will Your Driving Be "Googled" by Your Ford Vehicle?
Posted by freedomforall 3 years, 9 months ago to Business
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"CEO Jim Farley made the announcement recently that Ford will be using Google tech already built into all of its new cars to “provide new revenue opportunities” – which translates as monetize the data streamed by the vehicle.
This can take many forms and includes the obvious – such as how and where the vehicle is driven, which data can be used to keep track of commercially driven vehicles and commercial drivers (so much for the being on your own that used to be one of the perks of being a commercial driver).
And of course, the same can be applied to privately owned vehicles as well, to keep track of how and where they are driven as well. The insurance mafia is very interested in that data since it presents a revenue opportunity to mulct drivers who never file claims or have them filed against them but do sometimes “speed” and commit various technical foul infractions, such as making a right on red or not coming to a complete stop at every stop sign . . . which routinely go unpunished because – up to now – they mostly go unnoticed.
An interaction with an armed government worker being necessary for it to go “on record.”"
"CEO Jim Farley made the announcement recently that Ford will be using Google tech already built into all of its new cars to “provide new revenue opportunities” – which translates as monetize the data streamed by the vehicle.
This can take many forms and includes the obvious – such as how and where the vehicle is driven, which data can be used to keep track of commercially driven vehicles and commercial drivers (so much for the being on your own that used to be one of the perks of being a commercial driver).
And of course, the same can be applied to privately owned vehicles as well, to keep track of how and where they are driven as well. The insurance mafia is very interested in that data since it presents a revenue opportunity to mulct drivers who never file claims or have them filed against them but do sometimes “speed” and commit various technical foul infractions, such as making a right on red or not coming to a complete stop at every stop sign . . . which routinely go unpunished because – up to now – they mostly go unnoticed.
An interaction with an armed government worker being necessary for it to go “on record.”"
The device in the cab (truck) would talk to you and reprimand you if you were too slow or too fast, braked too heavily, accelerated too aggressively, etc. The technology was called InThink, better known as InStink to employees.
One day, I was coming home and was about a half mile from the house. A 25 mph zone. Another vehicle (probably private and with no InStink) was coming the other way. A kitten was in the road. The kitten completely lucked out and was located in between the wheel spacing. He/she/it came spinning out from behind the vehicle, literally blown around by the vehicle wind and in total confusion. It ran right in front of me. Immediately lost sight of it because of the hood. I slammed the brakes on to a screeching stop and waited. Meanwhile, InStink is yelling at me that I made a far too aggressive driving maneuver. I saw the kitten in the passenger rear view mirror make it to the side of the road and zoom off into a yard. Totally safe. I gave the InStink device the finger. But the " aggressive driving incident" went off into the cloud and I got written up for it, by company "discipline". Yes. Brave New World.
So, it looks like our cars are going to be like our houses. We can pretend to own them and even hold a deed or title, but we really don't. Miss that royal rent payment and the true owners will emerge.
While I get stuck paying these taxes, the looting scum in DC pays law breaking illegal aliens to get them to vote and steal more from me, pays bankers for gambling and losing funds they created from nothing, pays Big Pharma to poison me, pays Wall St extra bonuses for cheating everyone (except politicians.)
If DC sinks into the earth taking everyone with it, I will be overjoyed.
The wife doesn't understand that her new car and my 07 ranger will not survive a really bad sunspot nor a humanoid made EMP.
I am still looking for an 85/86 ford ranger like the first one I bought...hard to find just the right one.
Not looking for a 4Wheel drive quite yet and that seems to be what people preserved and rebuilt.
Those Ford Rangers just go and go and go.
The F150s with the 4.9 are darn near bullet proof also. You could rebuild the motor while sitting on the wheel well.