logo
welcome
TheStreet

TheStreet

New Ford tech pushes the limits of driver privacy and surveillance

TheStreet
Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Ford has filed a new patent to help the police enforce a common driving infraction: speeding.

The system would use the onboard sensors installed onto future Ford vehicles to detect other vehicles on the road that are actively breaking the speed limit.

In practice, Ford vehicles equipped with the systems would turn on cameras to capture the offending car.

Ford said that it gives its customers the choice of whether they want to share connected vehicle data with the automaker.