Stalking causes insomnia, anxiety, depression, and social isolation and increases homicide risk threefold compared with non-stalking domestic abusers. Many domestic abusers monitor and record partners and ex-partners through cars, using factory-installed cameras, add-on systems, and remote monitoring features. Some vehicle systems record 360-degree footage, operate when the car is off, and store data automatically to USB or stream in real time. Such monitoring often constitutes stalking, cyberstalking, or electronic surveillance under many state laws. Monitoring through a car commonly functions as a tactic of coercive control alongside intimidation and financial, verbal, physical, sexual, and litigation abuse.
Stalking can cause insomnia, anxiety, depression, and social isolation. Stalking is a top 10 risk factor for intimate partner homicide, increasing the risk of homicide threefold as compared to domestic abusers who don't stalk their victims (Spencer and colleagues, 2018). Some domestic abusers monitor their victims through their cars. New technologies, same fear-inducing results (Rogers and colleagues, 2022). We expect privacy in our cars. However, new technology enables domestic abusers to track and record their victims.
Some newer model cars have factory-installed cameras with monitoring and recording options in 360 degrees around the car. These work even when the car is off. The recordings may be stored automatically on a USB drive or monitored in real time from a distance. Such recording capability can be installed in cars after purchase, turning any vehicle into a powerful spying system.
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