Imagine a world where your car is the cop, constantly scanning the road for speeders and reporting them to the authorities. That’s the future Ford might have in mind, according to a patent application published last month. The system, titled “Systems and Methods for Detecting Speeding Violations,” would equip Ford vehicles with sensors and cameras to detect and report speeding vehicles to the police. Here’s how it would work: onboard sensors would monitor the speed of surrounding vehicles. If the system detected a speeder, cameras would snap photos, capturing the offending vehicle’s license plate, make, and model. The system would then send the incriminating images, along with the vehicle’s GPS location and speed, to the authorities. It would be up to the police to decide whether to pursue the alleged speeder. Image: KnowTechieq Ford’s patent application doesn’t specify whether the company plans to use this system in consumer vehicles or limit it to police fleets. But even if it’s only used in cop cars, the implications are unsettling. We’re already living in a surveillance state, with security cameras and license plate readers monitoring our moves. Do we really need our cars tattling on each other, too? The rise of automotive surveillance technology has privacy advocates sounding the alarm. Modern cars are basically data-collecting machines, transmitting our location data, driving habits, and even biometric information back to manufacturers. it’s not just manufacturers we need to worry about – police can tap into this data as well, not to mention all the…Ford’s new tech could turn cars into speeding snitches