Big Brother Will Be Watching In 13 Months

Tied into GPS navigation computers, EDRs could give interested parties the ability to take automated ticketing to the next level. Since the data recorders can continuously monitor most of the operating parameters of a vehicle as it travels -- and the GPS unit can precisely locate the vehicle in "real time," wherever it happens to be at any given moment -- any and all incidents of "speeding" could be immediately detected and a piece of paying paper issued to the offender faster than he could tap the brake. Probably they'll just erect an electronic debiting system of some sort that ties directly into your checking account -- or the other chip, the one in your hand -- since the paperwork could not keep up with the massive uptick in fines that would be generated.