On 23 May 2018 at 18:25, robert winfield via EV wrote:

> So, a word to the wise, bad and poorly written software can get you 

I'm sure the software is badly written, but that's not the main problem.  
The whole premise is bogus.  It's the insurance company behind it that's 
"getting you."  They would still be "getting you" even if the software were 
bug-free.

There's just way too much paternalism going down everywhere these days.  Do 
you really want to volunteer for more?  You can sign up to have a permanent 
backseat driver if you want, but I sure won't.  I'm a big boy now, and I 
don't need or want daddy in the car with me every second and every mile. 

Not gonna dance to that tune.  Not even for a discount on my insurance.  And 
I drive like your grandma, too.

For the same reason (among others), I'll never buy a Tesla.  Remember when 
that "journalist" tried to kill the battery in an early Model S by driving 
it in circles in a parking lot?  At first I was amused that the car's 
software ratted him out to Musk.  Then I thought a little more about it, and 
decided it wasn't so funny after all.  It's not just guys like that Tesla's 
spying on.  It's EVERY Tesla driver, all the time.

Musk is a brilliant businessman, and I'm glad he's pushed Detroit and Tokyo 
to get off their bums, but I'm just not interested in having him riding in 
my back seat.  

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator

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