"Big Brother is Now Riding Shotgun"

posted by:Hilary Young // 11:51 AM // March 17, 2005 // Surveillance and social sorting

Tuesday's Ottawa Citizen included an article about insurance companies offering discounts to drivers who are willing to have monitoring devices installed in their cars. The devices monitor the speed, time and distance a car is driven. The idea is to reward safe drivers (does that mean slow drivers?) and those who drive infrequently with lower insurance rates.

For now this is just a pilot program, but interesting questions are being raised. For example, will this turn into a way for parents to monitor their teens' driving habits?

For the complete article, follow this link.