[sokoloff]

The point of the ballot initiative though was to put independent repair shops on the same level as manufacturer-owned service centers with respect to mechanical data which was transmitted wirelessly.

In other words, the prior question covered wired connections, but wireless telematics was a "loophole" of sorts. If I were an OEM and wanted to sell in MA, I had an easy way to get data that would be able to stay proprietary to me and my network of dealers so long as I transmitted that data wirelessly.

I probably agree with you on the continuous data transmission point wrt desirability overall, but given that your car is going to do it anyway, I want that data to not be locked in the OEM garden. This removes that major advantage to using wireless transmission to work around this.

[wrkronmiller]

Ah, I see. That makes sense, thanks!