Monitoring us every turn of the wheel

I saw this Daily Mail article and had to take a couple of days before commenting. The report claims that:

"Drivers face having their every move tracked by a 'spy in the car' black box.

The system will constantly check a vehicle's speed - making cameras redundant - and allow for pay-as-you-go tolls.

The £36million EU project is partly funded by the UK Government and backed by car makers and the telecoms industry.

It will be unveiled later this year with a view to its integration into future cars. Manufacturers suggest this could be as early as 2013.

Vehicles fitted with the system will emit a constant 'heartbeat' pulse revealing their location, speed and direction of travel. "

Yes they want every car in the EU to be tracked 24/7 so enabling the EU (for by 2013 the EU will be the de facto government of Europe) to charge per kilometre driven and to fine anyone who drives 1kmph over the speed limit or maybe who exceeds their Carbon allowance by driving too far in any particular week.

Of course the EU have their justifications ready and they are the justifications used every time another liberty or freedom is taken from us:

"EU officials believe the technology will significantly reduce road accidents, congestion and carbon emissions. "

The totalitarians just don't get it do they? And we don't believe them when they make claims like this:

"The Department for Transport said there were no plans to make the system mandatory in new cars. Its introduction will be on a voluntary basis, according to Paul Kompfner, manager of the Cooperative-Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems project.

The next line is even more sinister;

"He added: 'A traffic controller will know where all vehicles are and even where they are headed. "

How will they know where they are headed? Will we have to apply for permission before starting any journey? Will we need to apply 24 hours in advance and give personal details and reasons for each journey. Is this to be an extension to the recently announced and soon to be implemented foreign travel database?


We need to get rid of this fascistic Labour government, leave the EU and start a return to decent liberal values in the UK but I fear it may be too late.