On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Wagner Lipnharski wrote:

> Not only that, but all kind of useful info could be retrieved by a
> mapped memory sensors from, lets say, last 5 minutes of driver's and
> car's activities... as speed, gas and break pedals position, steering

> "You just lost more 3 points by speeding the street limit, now you have
> only 28 until you loose your license... this penalty just withdraw
> automatically $110 from your bank account"

Starting in 2005 with OBD-III it will be even worse than you think. Your
car can be shut down remotely. More data will be stored. Currently with
OBD-II it has the capacity to store 40 freeze-frames when an "event"
occurs, but most driving-related events will not trigger it(except airbags
and excessive powertrain speed) and also no time or datestamping. But
OBD-II is like a cop riding along with you(or behind you with his remote
kill switch). Wait til the script-kiddies figure out that one.

-Bob