Stop that Car! - When can we say 'No' to Big Brother? Of perhaps the better question would be, 'When will our right to say 'No' to Big Brother be taken away?
Right now in Great Britain there is a movement by police to get the power to stop a vehicle in its tracks by the push of a button.
Juliette Jowit is the transport editor for the Guardian Unlimited and she has an article detailing the current lobbying under way on the Great Isle.
She writes:
After speed cameras, road humps and mobile phone bans, there could be more bad news for Britain's motorists. Police are urging Ministers to give them the power to stop vehicles by remote control.In what will be seen as yet another example of the in-creasing power of Big Brother, drivers face the prospect of their cars being halted by somebody pushing a button.
This technology isn't at all that far fetched. And is even in use today to a limited degree here in the states where we have the OnStar technology, which is in the hands of private organization. OnStar doesn't state that they can shut your car off, but I figure they can, since they can also unlock your door remotely.
The question of course is whether giving this kind of ability to the government is all that bad? On the surface the answer is no. Ideally it would only be used against the bad guys, the creeps that steal cars and run those tv chases that have made reality TV so popular. But the trouble is that the government, though the intentions behind the idea is just, isn't always just itself because people occupy the positions of authority and often carry out abuses through the powers given them.
How much power is too much power?
