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Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars

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Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars

https://www.motorious.com/articles/features-3/kill-switches-new-cars/

[...kill switch, which is referred to as a safety device, must “passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired.” In other words, Big Brother will constantly be monitoring how you drive. If you do something the system has been programmed to recognize as driver impairment, your car could just shut off, which could be incredibly dangerous.]

Disturbing to say the least. Loosing Freedom and Privacy for the "common good" is dangerous.
 


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Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars

https://www.motorious.com/articles/features-3/kill-switches-new-cars/

[...kill switch, which is referred to as a safety device, must “passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired.” In other words, Big Brother will constantly be monitoring how you drive. If you do something the system has been programmed to recognize as driver impairment, your car could just shut off, which could be incredibly dangerous.]

Disturbing to say the least. Loosing Freedom and Privacy for the "common good" is dangerous.
There has been talk of that for years....I doubt we will see it...
 


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There has been talk of that for years....I doubt we will see it...
with ev's I think we will see some bs coming. Police chases will end because they will cut the power. With the current electronics of most cars they could have already done this but I feel with the ev's they are going to take more control and the 1000hp will also end
 


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There has been talk of that for years....I doubt we will see it...
I remember my Dad saying the same thing about seat belts. Just saying.
 


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I remember my Dad saying the same thing about seat belts. Just saying.
Click it or Ticket it's the tools they can use.
 


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Kill switch is just the beginning, the green fraudsters & nanny state imbecile's goal is to suck all the fun out of driving. Next will come monitoring of speed vs. the posted limit & automatic tickets charged directly to your bank account.
 


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Maybe the system could be set up to detect texting instead? Wouldn't be all bad if some drivers would be forced to actually pay attention to what they're doing.
 


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Instead of "kill switch" name it "asshole detector"
 


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And yet they don't have a problem with letting anyone drive off in your running car while the keys are still in your pocket? :unsure:
 


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And yet they don't have a problem with letting anyone drive off in your running car while the keys are still in your pocket? :unsure:
Truly, should have a proximity switch in FOB that shuts car off after 1320 feet! Far enough for them to just jump out and run leaving you safely 1/4 mile away but still close enough for you to go get your car after the POS thieves run off!
 


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About 10 years ago this was supposed to be in effect for 2017, never heard about it since, glad to know it hasn’t happened yet, I hope.
 


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About 10 years ago this was supposed to be in effect for 2017, never heard about it since, glad to know it hasn’t happened yet, I hope.
Your computer controlled car is a rolling kill switch, already...

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Your computer controlled car is a rolling kill switch, already...

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That's what I thought/feared. My car needs an aluminum foil hat!
 




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