[Jeff Higgins]

This is the same data that is harvested from cell phones to feed traffic density information to apps like Ways and Google Maps. Can they target an individual cell phone, track it real time, determine who owns it and send them a ticket? I do not believe they can do that. Yet. Not so much a legal restriction (but it is), but more of a technological one. Yes, they can ping an individual phone, but from there, as far as who owns it, in in possession of it, are they the one driving, etc? Retrospectively, yes, we have seen authorities do that when they have apprehended someone of interest. That's a far different situation, though.

Insurance companies are already providing breaks to drivers who voluntarily provide this information through a monitoring app. "Slippery slope" and all of that, yes. Will we someday be compelled to be monitored in this fashion by our authorities, with ticketing authority and all of that? Guaranteed it's someone's wet dream. They are the ones we follow in the fast lane, who are driving 2 mph under the limit, with nary a car in sight in the lane in front of them.