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Originally Posted by scout
Being forced to provide evidence to convict yourself isn't a violation of your civil rights? This argument is much along the lines of the argument for urine tests, or the argument for forfeiture of property. If you never do anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Hell I don't speed or do drugs but that doesn't make this issue something to take lightly. If someone is speeding or driving recklessly then get the hell out of the way.
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If the evidence says that you were doing something you weren't supposed to be when an accident occured, isn't it only right to fess up to it? Maybe not mandatory, but morally right.
If some jerk smashes into, or god forbid, hits you because they were speeding and weren't paying attention, you'd want them to be held accountable for it. If that data can prove they were in the wrong, why shouldn't they have to present it? Or would you consider yourself the one at fault because you didn't, "Get the hell out of the way?"
I see where you're coming from, I used to agree with you completely. But really, it doesn't hold up to common sense as much as I once thought. It's a nice idea for a perfect world. When we get to that world, I'll hand over my device and expect everybody else to do the same. Until then, I'm completely fine letting people see the last 5-8 seconds of my car's history if it'll help people. I'm all for giving up the "freedom" of nobody but me knowing what happened in the last 5-8 seconds before somebody slammed into me if it'll help get the person who did the slamming to be held accountable for it.
And in case you were thinking about quoting that Ben Franklin, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." crap, don't. It's not an essential liberty, or really much of a liberty at all, and I'm not looking for safety. I'm looking for people who do things that are wrong to be held accountable for them. What's more, Ben Franklin has been dead for 214 years and never even considered the idea of a 1-2 ton vehicle slamming into him at 70 miles an hour.