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The EU is moving forward with legislation to require ISA, Intelligent Speed Assistance, in all new cars starting in 2022. This system will use GPS, map databases, and speed limit reading cameras to limit speed. Speed limiting will be accomplished by limiting engine power. Drivers can temporarily override the system by pressing down hard on the accelerator. It seems that, at least to start, the system will have an off button. Other requirements of the legislation include a system to monitor the driver for drowsiness, and inattention, as well as standard hookups for in car breathalysers. It seems the driver monitoring systems may include in car cameras pointed at the driver.
Sources:
thisismoney.co.uk
fortune.com
euractiv.com
theengineer.co.uk
gizmodo.com
Previously on Soylent: Volvo: In-Car Cameras Will Monitor Drivers and Take Action to Prevent Distracted or Impaired Driving
(Score: 4, Informative) by Unixnut on Thursday March 28 2019, @08:35PM
> I'm anti-surveillance - but I like the idea of black boxes. The thing is, the black box shouldn't be actively reporting on you. Let it record - then if/when anything goes wrong, like running down Grandma, or Santa, or the Abominable Snowman, THEN the authorities can get at the data. 24/7 surveillance is anathema to - well - everything human!
That already happens. Every OBD compliant car (so we are talking from the late 90s onwards) stores historic data (it varies from 30sec to 10 minutes usually, but there is no upper time limit defined) of all events in the car, including speed, acceleration, throttle position, and G forces (if you have built in navigation, then GPS co-ords are kept as well).
This is used to piece together accidents, as well as evidence in court / insurance purposes, to see whose story matches the data.
You don't need an additional "black box" for that, it has been good enough all this time. The new black box tech is pure 100% intrusive spyware, and they can get lost quite frankly. No way will I buy a car newer than my current one.