A new system under development will take satellite navigation to the next level, because it can pinpoint the position of a car to within one yard. However, the technology is already causing controversy because it will also allow authorities to ‘track’ a car’s movements and its speed, bringing the possibility of automatic speeding fines.
The £36m EU project is partly funded by the UK Government. The tracking system’s development is also backed by a number of different manufacturers, including beleaguered US maker GM, because the technology will, it’s claimed, reduce accidents, congestion and carbon emissions. It will also make proposed ‘pay as you drive’ schemes feasible.
The EU and the Gummint sponsoring a system to monitor us to within one metre? Lord Ahmed won’t like lke it.
Sorry, did I mention this is going to be embedded in new cars? By law?