On 30 May 2015 at 13:58, Ben Goren via EV wrote: > As I wrote: has anybody bothered to tell the NSA that what they're doing is > illegal?
I'm not sure that makes a difference to them. But tossing that political football round is OT for us, and also kind of pointless, since it won't change anything. I think what matters in this discussion is that at least some EVs are already passing information about your use of them back to the manufacturer. Now suppose your legislature passes an EV pay-by-mileage law, and your local DMV gives you a choice between allowing them access to your EV's data and not getting a license for the EV. They have an economic interest in those data, since online access means that they don't have to pay someone to check your odometer. Hey, look how wisely they're using your tax dollars! :-\ Again, I'm no attorney, but as I understand it, courts have ruled that driving isn't a fundamental right. You have the choice to maintain your privacy by not driving your EV, and your constitutional rights are thus sufficiently satisfied. Fifteen years ago I would have said this couldn't happen, but a lot has happened in that time that I thought never would. I also thought that the contribution EVs make to the public health (and thus public expense) would be rewarded by allowing them to escape fuel tax. I sure was wrong about that! David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
