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On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:18:51 +0100, Martin Gregorie .
address wrote: The only major change I can think of in the last season has been the medicals requirement to put gliding in line with the new NPPL license. I think that introduction was inevitable under outside pressure. This is the trouble. The system is fine how it is. The BGA should just say "NO!" and the rest of us should simply defy Brussels. They can't prosecute us all. Brussels isn't listening - all they've done is delay some changes by 2 years - we're still stuck with them, in two years time instead of today. Brussels is the reason why my pilot's license is an FAA one, and I will never pursue a JAR one. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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Thanks for the update. Yes that looks like New Labour's
joined-up-thinking all right. Martin PS and slightly OT: I thought you must be using OE for news - top posting, no auto-snipping sigs from replies. You need something better - like Free Agent. Just my own mini-surveillance operation :-) On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:08:00 +0000 (UTC), "tango4" wrote: I saw the results of some tests done by the DMV and a GPS/GIS company who both thought the idea of being able to book you for speeding, unauthorised parking and entering city limits on an annual basis were pretty attractive. There was some coverage in the press, probably hidden behind headlines about Iraq at the time. The permutations are so attractive to a beurocrat that I'm surprised its not already happening. Then again perhaps it is ........... rant on 1 - Launch a European GPS constellation - in progress ( create jobs, an industry, and spinoffs ) 2 - Make everyone get a machine readable ID and licence ( watch out for the national ID that was mentioned at the Labour party conference if its smart card based I'm going to start getting really worried ) 3 - Europe has how many cars ? must be over 50 million, Set up a tender for that many loggers, cost will be £50 or less. Logger connected to ignition/imobiliser is enabled by smart card licence and will store 2 years at 1 second intervals ( easy with todays flash memory ) records G forces, speed and position, lights status and engine RPM. Last 30 seconds ( before airbag deployment) is recorded at 100 ms intervals. Roadside CCTV will capture and decode numberplate and store time and place ( already happens ) and if at the end of the year when you go for road tax renewal your logger wasn't on when when you got recorded then you better have an explanation or your car gets crushed there and then! Tell everyone by x date to retrofit logger, no logger no insurance no drive! The local fitment centre will charge £199 ( or more ) to fit it or you rent it for £30 / per annum from the government, part of your road tax! New cars will have them as standard. A bit of tap dancing around data protection and the demographic data available is mind blowing! ( If we can go to war with Iraq then the DPA is a cakewalk! ) A whole new industry is born with an annual turnover in the billions, a shed load of jobs are created ( franchised fitting and service centres, logger readers, batch analysis data centres, PC systems and software everywhere, yada yada yada ) Insurance companies settle claims with a modified version of SeeYou! They will be behind the system all the way. "You have a logger fitted sir, well that's 25% off your premium". No logger well we'll sell you/rent you one There are some advantages to all this though ..... If you are a slow and careful driver and a 'good citizen' you don't have a worry in the world. Your insurance comes down to next to nothing! You can tell your car who is allowed to drive it and where and when its allowed to go. You can find out where your kids get their good dope from! rant off Ian "Martin Gregorie" wrote in message news On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 04:22:34 +0000 (UTC), "tango4" wrote: "Martin Gregorie" wrote in message .. . Ever wondered how long it will be before you need a medical and an annual check to drive? A little while after all vehicles are fitted with data loggers and that appears to be just around the corner here in the UK. I missed that one! Is this another part of Blunkett's Total Surveillance Strategy or something entirely separate? It looks like a logical progression: CCTV - mandatory identity cards - vehicle tracking. -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK demon : co : Zappa fan & glider pilot uk : -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK demon : co : Zappa fan & glider pilot uk : |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 18:26:18 UTC, Jeremy Harris
wrote: : "Sneak in more and more regulation under spurious : safety or national-security grounds whenever : possible" I never did see them explain under what legislation they "banned" cross country flying during the foot and mouth outbreak. I can see how (and why) they could strongly recommend against it, but "ban"? Ian -- |
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