[Az-Geocaching] Rental car with GPS technology

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:02:03 EST

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In a message dated 1/7/2003 12:37:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
az-geocaching-request@listserv.azgeocaching.com writes:

> Actually, I remember a while back there was an issue where a car rental
> place back east used the GPS technology in their cars (normally used for
> navigation) to fine the driver when the system indicated that the driver 
> was
> driving excessively fast.  They 'hid' the rules and specifications in the
> rental agreement and if you questioned your bill when you turned in the 
> car,
> they would show you the rental agreement and then show you on a map the
> exact location where you were speeding and the exact speed at which you 
> were
> traveling.
> 

We better hope they don't start using this technology to see what roads (or 
off roads) people take the rental cars on. We all know the best off road 
vehicle ever created is the rental car!!

roadrunners
Jean

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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Actually, I remember a while back there was an issue where a car rental<BR>
place back east used the GPS technology in their cars (normally used for<BR>
navigation) to fine the driver when the system indicated that the driver was<BR>
driving excessively fast.&nbsp; They 'hid' the rules and specifications in the<BR>
rental agreement and if you questioned your bill when you turned in the car,<BR>
they would show you the rental agreement and then show you on a map the<BR>
exact location where you were speeding and the exact speed at which you were<BR>
traveling.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">We better hope they don't start using this technology to see what roads (or off roads) people take the rental cars on. We all know the best off road vehicle ever created is the rental car!!<BR>
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roadrunners<BR>
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