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It requires the government to investigate this possibility and make an official recommendation on whether and how to implement it.
by skrtskrt 4y ago
It requires the government to investigate this possibility and make an official recommendation on whether and how to implement it.
- kortilla 4y agoThat’s incredibly dumb either way. What excuse do they have for this one?
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- passivate 4y agohttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infrastructure-bill-track-drivers/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infrastructure-bill-track-...
- throwaway0x7E6 4y ago"it doesn't say 'kill switch'. it says 'advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology'" utterly deboonked
- passivate 4y agoI have no issues going to any lengths preventing drunk people from driving.
- throwaway0x7E6 4y agoand I have no problem with outright lynching the pedofiles. let us all wear bodycams and install CCTV in every home to protect the children
- passivate 4y agoThe next time CCTVs and bodycams are used to catch a criminal, perhaps you can volunteer to be the one telling the victims family about liberty and government over-reach. In any case, we already have existing tech that is serving as a technological deterrent for drunk driving. The legislation doesn't explicitly say so, but I am imagining an expansion of this program. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_interlock_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_interlock_device
- throwaway0x7E6 4y agoyes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. let's start slowly, only requiring a camera in the living room. then some time later, let's seek out incidents that had occurred in bathrooms, run them in the news every week to prime the masses, then they'll ask us themselves to mandate cameras in all bathrooms as well. all detractors will be branded as pedophiles, of course
- donw 4y agoSo, a kill switch with extra marketing.
- passivate 4y agoI have no issues going to any lengths preventing drunk people from driving.
- whywhywhywhy 4y agoSomeone paid them to add it to the bill
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- mardifoufs 4y agoIsn't a very similar EU regulation already well beyond the proposal stage at this point and is currently getting implemented? If that's actually the case, I don't see how it wouldn't make it to the US once the systems needed are already available. Unless the alcohol interlock system/drowsiness detection isn't a type of killswitch, though from what I understand that's pretty much what's being proposed in the US. > Summary All new vehicles sold from May 2022 must be fitted with advanced safety features, including: monitors that detect when a driver has become drowsy or distracted emergency stop signal to help prevent rear-end collisions rear-view camera or parking sensors alcohol interlock system to prevent drunk driving. These systems will help reduce serious accidents on Europe’s roads. This initiative sets out the test procedures and technical requirements for approving vehicles fitted with advanced safety features. [Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12224-Vehicle-safety-technical-rules-test-procedures-for-advanced-safety-features_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...]
- blqrt 4y agoThe drowsiness detection isn't a kill switch, but the camera version of it is beyond creepy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_drowsiness_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_drowsiness_detection Cars used to be a safe space where one could get away from being monitored and listened to by other people. This is no longer the case. I wonder why people accept it. Does it appeal to the narcissism, i.e., people like to be monitored at all times because it makes them feel important?
- mardifoufs 4y agoThe european regulation discusses using cameras too! IIRC the manufacturers have a certain detection percentage threshold to achieve and they have commented that they will require stuff like visual muscle twitching detection, eye tracking, head tilt evaluation and even heartbeat sensors etc.
- philistine 4y agoCars are a health crisis. So many people have died needlessly due to cars that it’s easy to understand Europe’s drive to make them safer.
- ekianjo 4y ago> government to investigate this possibility and make an official recommendation Basically just a long phrasing to say they will do after finding a proper excuse like terrorism or sex trafficking