They are nosy no doubt about it but i cant see it coming to the point of them using it to issue tickets, to start all the cars on the road in the EU currently have no form of tracking (unless they spec it and its from security companies not MB) the GPS navi systems cannot broadcast a position they don't have the kit necessary and we are talking hardware changes not simply software.
Second laws cannot be applied retrospectively so cars that are already built are exempt from anything anyways and third as i pointed out they can be easy deactivated by anybody and if people wanted to be really smart they could re-program the boxes so that the car is always within the speed limit.
I do appreciate that a life was taken in this incident and thats a tragic loss as is any loss of human life but a line has to be drawn at what point does it become acceptable to pry like this and while i might not have as much experience at this life game as some of you folks one thing i have learned (mostly from working with insurance companies!) is that rules can be bent to suit ones needs unless set in stone.
You can't have a law that states its OK to pry in X X and X situations you have to have one that either says snoop whenever you want or its totally unacceptable at any time that way nobody law enforcement or otherwise can get around the rules.
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