Re: Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water

[Joel Esler <eslerj () gmail com>]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Chris Boyd <cboyd () gizmopartners com> wrote:

> On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Alex Eckelberry wrote:
>
> > I'm not so sure.  While I empathize with the mother, Onstar does have a
> > point--they can't reactivate the Onstar system without someone pressing
> > the "Blue button".
> >
> > A software design/architecture issue, which could undoubtedly be fixed
> > going forward.
>
> Yes, they will probably looking at changing that.  Which opens another can
> of worms.  How do you know the caller's not just trying to steal the car or
> something from the car?  Stolen Visa card + access to DMV registration
> records + OnStar = access to any car in the mall parking lot.
Totally true.  Didn't you guys see "Live Free or Die Hard"?



> From the report:
>
> > Tampa Police, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, and Triple AAA had
> responded, but asked them to reach out to OnStar first.
>
> Since when does having OnStar mean that the fire/police won't respond?  I
> can understand if they were busy with higher priority life threatening
> issues.  I can understand if they wanted to resolve the situation as quickly
> as possible, and OnStar could do that at a lower cost to the jurisdiction.
>  Would be nice if ABCActionNews had gone into more depth there....
>
> But AAA?  Aren't they _paid_ to respond?
>
> --Chris
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