Mandatory OnStar?

Question

this may seem like a strangequestion to ask on here but i wanna kno why onstar is limited to only GM vehicles nd how come the government doesnt require it in every car? They can detect the instant a car gets in an accident and that culd save so many lives. there wuld be so many less deaths of teenagers who hit trees at night and arent discovered til the next morning. I dont understand why our government wuld not use this kind of program to cut down on the amount of deaths caused by accidents. i mean face it theres hardly any people that call in accidents. i once saw an overturned car nd there was atleast 20 ppl standing around it nd i called the cops nd they had no idea that acident happned! with a program like onstar in every car there wuld be no question about whether the police kno already. plz tell me why onstar is not required for all cars

Answer 1

OnStar is owned by the General Motors Corporation and even though many people dont like someone knowing your every movement, it does save lives.............

Answer 2

because like a lot of things it starts off as a good idea then morphs into a nightmare. Soon your every move would be tracked and when you say I wasn't at the drug party, the cops check onstar and there you are. I've said it a lot of times be careful what you wish for. think it can't happen they already track semi trucks.

Answer 3

OnStar is an option. I don't want Big Brother to know everything I'm doing so if they want to make it mandatory, they can pay for it and I'll disable it.

Answer 4

it's GM's idea so they only have it ontheir cars.

if you came up with a great idea like that would you want everyone else to have it too?

yeah didnt think so.

plus they get more business that way because ppl really want onstar since its so reliable.

Answer 5

I think that GM has a patent on it and will not allow its competitors to make/sell it.  I doubt that the government could require everyone to get GM cars.