[OSM-talk] Speeding

[Nick Black]

On 11/30/06, Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Scott wrote:
> >Sent: 30 November 2006 8:37 AM
> >To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> >Subject: [OSM-talk] Speeding
> >
> >Are gpx traces loaded anonymously?  The reason behind this question might
> >seem paranoid but government can be right bastards sometimes.  From the
> >gpx traces you can get speeds and if they have a user against them you
> >could get accused of speeding.
>
> If you mark the gpx file as private then nobody can look at the track in
> terms of speed identification. However in reality just because I upload a
> track to OSM which is found to have speeds exceeding a given limit does
> not
> mean I was either driving the vehicle or that the equipment was accurate,
> therefore it's very unlikely that the police could or would bother to
> bring
> a persecution for speeding. If on the other had you knocked over an old
> lady
> on a crossing in the process they might be a little more interested.


Or you were within 5 miles of a terrorist zone and have a "foreign" sounding
name.  Everyone knows that linux users are all communists anyway, so
terrorist is the next logical step... ;)


Cheers
>
> Andy
>
> >
> >
> >Disclaimer:  I never speed of course.
> >
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