New York to start monitoring your driving speeds, habits and destinations under new tracking program

‘Would you be down with “more control over the people” or can you see yourself willingly sending the government information about your driving habits? Most people would say no, but the Department of Transportation (DOT) in New York is trying to suck drivers in to participate in their car-monitoring program by dangling a possible “30% discount off car insurance” carrot. Are you a sucker? Most likely not.

While the program is being marketed as a way to collect information about your driving habits, i.e. how hard you brake, excessive acceleration, slow driving or “granny driving,” some are suspicious about what exactly this information is being used for. And quite frankly, many Americans are tired of their personal data being collected, stored and analyzed. One man responded to the Drive Smart Initiative with, “Enough, enough, enough. There is the NSA, the CIA, the FBI — you have more information than you need.”’

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