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by chemoelectric on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:23:25 PM EST
... the problem with this concern is that the police already can stop you under a ruse. Consider: if a police car orders you to pull over, even if you have done nothing, what are you going to do, take off at high speed? No, you are going to stop and take whatever the cop is planning to give you. So the basic problem remains, which is an incentive or two for police to violate civil liberties.

A truly new factor, aside from the greater ease and range of use (compared to following in a police car), is that now someone without police authority could stop you independently of the police, in your car.

OnStar Joins the Police | 23 comments (23 topical)

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