This was posted on the Slashdot web site:
Satellite Security Systems, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol
> and InterState Oil Company, demonstrated the first wireless remote shutdown
> of a fully loaded, moving gas tanker truck. Described as "a viable solution
> to the challenge of controlling rogue hazardous waste vehicles that could
> pose a threat to homeland security," satellite communications were used to
> disable the truck in seconds, 530 miles from the demonstration site. But
> that's not all. California Assembly Bill (AB) 575 (PDF link) would require
> truck disabling devices, global positioning or other 'location reporting
> systems' on all hazardous material haulers. With all of the police pursuits
> in California, can mandatory GPS and disabling devices in all vehicles be far > away?"
Good for hazardous materials, bad for everyone else.
Al