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Originally Posted by Bob O
True.. errors do happen (ever had an electronic problem with your car, ever had a GPS tell you that you were at sea level,or close to it, when you were in the mountains, how accurate is your electronic speedo???? remember, these devices AREN't being designed for the aviation industry, where double and triple safety devices are in place) and I didn't take that into account. But I do agree that your scenario is just a smidge far fetched. Not that something like that couldn't happen, sure it could. Unlikely, but not inconceivable.
But back to the topic......yes... errors in the black box could (would?) be rampant and the effects of THOSE errors are potentially enormous. You name just one example but there are innumerable others. And you're example of the credit reporting is to the point. Let alone trying to prove that, yes I was speeding, but the accident was unavoidable, disregarding the speed, because driver X ran the stop sign, driver X crossed the double yellow, driver X ????????????.
Not to be a Chicken Little but, big brother is getting verrrrrrryyyyyy close, or appears to be anyway. (George is shaking his head, saying, "see, you thought this was fiction!)
Bob O
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Hi,
Hail Hail Napoleon!! But, errors aren't as farfetched as they may seem. Back in the '80's I bought a new car (the 1st Merc. Sable delivered in IL, 6 weeks before the Dealers got them in) and got it insured through my Agent. Called him from the Dealership, supplied the VIN and got a policy # and was told I was good to go.
5 weeks later I get a letter from the Ins. Co., along with a refund check, saying my policy was never activated because an invalid VIN # was submitted with the application. Turned out that their Data Base hadn't been updated with the VIN sequence of the new models at the time my application was submitted.
I called my Agent and was told that essentially I had been driving for 5 weeks with no coverage. That had I had an incident, I would have been unprotected.
It finally got straightened out, but not without numerous calls from both my Agent and I to the Parent company. Then, to add insult to injury, I got a citation from the State of Illinois citing me for driving without insurance and suspending my driver's license and registration. It took a trip to Court to get those charges dropped. Finally, I got a letter from the Finance Agency saying they had been notified that the Insurance on the Car had been cancelled which I fixed with a call to the Agent.
Ironically, the car was totalled 3 weeks later by an intoxicated off-duty Chicago Police Officer while it was parked overnight on the street outside my Girlfriend's apartment. Guess it just wasn't meant to be...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99