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ELDs have been a predictably miserable failure - as the article points out, their very rigidity in draconian enforcement of "safety" rules actually creates perv
by dublin 3y ago
ELDs have been a predictably miserable failure - as the article points out, their very rigidity in draconian enforcement of "safety" rules actually creates perverse incentives to do unsafe things (like ignoring needed maintenance, etc.)
This does not just affect truckers - as "driver monitoring" becomes an anti-feature in many new cars (especially EVs or "self-driving" cars), there will be more and more cases of people (quite reasonably) bristling at Big Brother looking over their shoulder and into their eyeballs every moment they are in their own car.
As for me, I'm leaning heavily towards a life goal to never again buy a car with a screen in the dashboard.
- maxwell 3y agoYep, eyeball monitoring is over the line for me. Not planning to drive stock cars in the '30s. Looking ahead to electric crate motors and open source infotainment: https://electricvehicleforums.com/articles/electric-crate-motors-the-future-of-engine-swaps https://electricvehicleforums.com/articles/electric-crate-mo... https://i-carus.com https://i-carus.com
- lotsofpulp 3y agoImagine a society that never had cars, but did have things like eyeball monitoring technology, speed limiters, auto driving functionality, etc. If cars were then invented, would the populace entertain the notion of giving everyone complete control to a 2,000lb+ machine capable of moving at 100mph+? Is our acceptance of the risks of giving everyone complete control of these machines based on the cost:benefit analysis at the time of their advent, but not necessarily a cost:benefit analysis in the current?
- maxwell 3y agoYeah I used to make that argument about humans driving automobiles too. Before the pandemic.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoHow is the pandemic relevant?
- maxwell 3y agoRepudiation of most global organizations.