I have high hopes that America will be one of the few countries on earth to resist the tendency towards a surveillance state. Just because it’s such an individualistic anti-government culture in many parts.

There are so many reasons why adding cameras helps with policing, safety, public order. But it has to be resisted on principle because the government can’t always be trusted and rules aren’t always right.

eventually all cars mounted with cameras may be tapped, so that cars are watching the nation, as well as each other.

I was in the process of learning how to register a car. I learned in Texas, Texas previously paid fines and that a statement was made Texas would no longer sell your vehicle registration data to 3rd parties. I heard California would do something similar, has paid fines and would supposedly reform.

I learned Montana as a state is very vehicle registration friendly and protects registrants privacy too. They don’t participate in hostile intrastate surveillance with other states, such as Texas and California and Virginia do.

Critics argue Montana registrations evade tax, and straw man you that there is no other legitimate use of a Montana registration. However they don’t tell you about the privacy implications and bad history of stewarding our data, the surveillance state linked to your registration and corruption from groups profiting off your state vehicle registration. They don’t tell you that in many of the states you can still register your vehicle in Montana and pay a use tax in any other state to pay them whatever supports the local roads. I suggest you look at Montana vehicle registrations. It better supports your and other Americans’ dignity when you act in a private preserving way and say enough is enough.