IBM has contracted with UAE CERT Telematics, the “leading technology and research organization of the United Arab Emirates” (according to their site), to develop and deploy over 100,000 automobile-monitoring systems in the next four years. The devices, according to this article at GeekCoffee, “would be installed in cars to provide a voice warning if the driver exceeds the local speed limit for wherever he may be driving. If the voice warning is ignored, the system would use a GSM/GPRS link to beam the car’s speed, identity and location to the police so that a ticket could be issued.”

There is no announcement yet as to whether these devices will be mandatory, or who will be selected for having to install the devices in their vehicles.

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