Here's a new one to me -- is this just urban legend or is it really
happening?
A driver in a Corvette Z06 came and ran his first event with us recently.
Today he called me to ask that if our results would be posted on our Region
website, to please leave him out.
The reason, he said, is that General Motors is reportedly surfing SCCA
websites to see who is using their products in "racing" activities and
voiding the warranties of those who do.
I'd never heard of such a thing. My wife said she recalled a similar item on
some TV news show, that car and insurance companies were using the new
tracking capabilities now available in some cars (Onstar?) to determine if
drivers were exceeding speed limits or creating data showing hard
acceleration/deceleration habits, and voiding warranties and insurance
coverage.
Is this real? Does anyone else know of this happening? If true, it is a
disturbing thing that could impact our sport. I'd love to learn it is just
Chicken Little running around again, but if the sky really is falling....
--Rocky Entriken
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