Ever have the feeling while traveling The Pike that you were being watched by the E-ZPass system aka Fast Lane - they know where you're coming from and where you're going. Seems The Big Picture's Barry Ritzholz has a few thoughts to share - I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me summarized his observations about the potential for abuse by the E-Zpass system as scary stuff.
Of course there's always a quasi corporate institute out there keeping a paternalistic eye on us, me thinks to spoil that one freedom we Americans cherish – cruising the highway, wind in hair, and pedal-to-the-metal, while on the cell.
Well the Orwellian Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been thinking about what constitutes safe highways and how to create them using an array of surveillance methods. It's a reason to be concerned.
Oh by the way, it won't be speed that'll kill you. My guess it'll be the fool on the cellphone in a 4 ton SUV. But the IIHS has the stats to prove otherwise.
