You must first understand how government works from the inside. Not from the window-dressed starry eyed view from the outside. I have such a view (in this case, one WAY closer to the mark than you may think). yes, there is influence. But when it comes to government contracts, there is a process. You don't just sit down with some guy and sign a contract. You have other politicians putting their hands in it. CONSTANTLY. Then you have to bid the contract out. Then you have to advertise. Then you have to wait a period of weeks. Then you HAVE to accept the lowest offer. Then you have to vote to accept the offer. Sometimes, you have to vote on it again. Then the contract has an expiration date and you have to re-new the contract by re-bidding it.
I'm not saying it's a "bad" idea to talk to government. I'm saying it's not the most efficient allocation of one's time and energy in this scenario. Government's are cumbersome, move too slow and are handcuffed by ethics laws in what they can and can't do. Anyone can copycat the software and steal the contract with a lower bid.
A BETTER use of one's time would be to go after car manufacturers and forget the government. Get deals with Chevy, Ford and whoever else. THAT'S who the government buys it's cars from....
If we had this as part of the package already in the car - IT WOULDN'T MATTER what the government wanted! They would be getting the product whether they wanted it or not in EVERY purchase they made (State, County or City).... By putting it in the car, we GET the Government purchases by default.
