1st extended ride on the new SV-650

External Since: Aug 15, 2006 Posts: 1262

> Did you read about the national tests being conducted to charge road
> taxes by miles traveled rather than per gallon of gas consumed?
> Government installed GPS devices that record every mile you travel,
> report back to the government, and then you are taxed accordingly.

I saw that article. The idea sucks...I like being rewarded for my natural
frugalness visa vie high gas mileage, if someone REALLY wants an SUV, let
them pay $$ to fill up their tank.

External Since: Jun 01, 2007 Posts: 253

On Sep 22, 4:46 pm, "BryanUT" <nestl....RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
> "saddlebag" <saddle....RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> news:1190491930.119213.306080@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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> > I've heard rumors of the "black box" too, but from the cost reduction
> > measures required of the engineers I know in the auto biz, loading
> > enough non-volatile memory to hold the history of the vehicle's speed
> > is probably not gonna happen.
>
> Pffft! They complained about the cost of seat belts, padded dashes,
> catalytic convertors, 5 mph bumpers, safety glass, etc...
>
> I'm too lazy to the math, but time, location (lat/long), speed is less than
> 10 bytes. Sample once a second equals 600 bytes a minute. 24*60*600 =
> 864,000 bytes a day? Ok sample every 5 secs = 172k byte day. So a year's
> data takes 172 * 365 = 63,072,000 bytes? 63 meg? That's pennies!

For the USB flash you buy at Walmart, but automotive stuff is
certified to higher environmental standards, then there's the NRE,
and the testing, and the weight, and the reliability...Times a million
cars a year for a function no one wants...bzzzt.

> Don't under estimate how evil our gubbmit is. Oh wait, sorry.

Timsey's already assured me that all the evil neo-nazis will be swept
out to sea and a new day for America will dawn in 2008. Let's keep
our fingers crossed. Just say no to flash.