Insurance car tracker will be spy for police

The TimesOnline has a piece today titled 'Insurance car tracker will be spy for police'that tells of how police will be able to tell whether drivers who crash were speeding by checking the black boxes that are to be fitted to thousands of cars by Britain’s biggest insurance company:

'Norwich Union is installing satellite tracking devices to customers’ cars so that it can charge them an insurance fee for each mile they travel. Rather than paying a fixed annual premium, drivers will pay different rates according to when and how far they travel.

Those who drive between midnight and 5am and from 7am to 10am will pay a higher rate because the company has calculated that crashes are more likely to happen during these periods. The system uses satellite positioning to check a car’s location throughout its journey. The information will show how fast a vehicle was travelling before a crash and whether it was accelerating or decelerating. Police will also be able to check a motorist’s behaviour during an entire journey to see whether there is any evidence of speeding or aggressive driving.'

And this is how it starts! Then the Insurance companies will provide the information to state/private databanks and soon other major insurance companies will follow.... very unsettling...