The Guardian's Observer published an article today which indicates that police in the U.K. want to have the ability to stop a car remotely. This is a tricky one, especially when considering the high-speed chases that occur in my area (Southern California) every day.

The first things that come to mind are: You know this technology will get into the hands of bad guys or silly pranksters. And this could evolve into something which regulates speed automatically or worse, issues tickets to cars (car owners) when their vehicle passes the limit in a given area - Among many other things.

I suppose I just can't get used to the idea of Big Brother (BB) watching and manipulating my every move. It reminds me of the movie Minority Report. It wouldn't bother me so much if we had reasonable and non-intrusive laws but since we are so restricted these days, I don't think we need to give BB a free pass for every little infraction and I plain don't trust them to use their powers responsibly. Like I say (probably once per month), I'm probably just paranoid.