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    Even ignoring the privacy problems, and the many technical problems this would run into with false positives and faulty systems, this approach to the problem of drunk driving is misguided.

    The US is one of the worst in the world for drunk driving, both in DUI rates, and how much blood alcohol is considered to be a DUI. Other countries are doing things way better than us, and a kill switch isnt their solution. We have shit like parking minimums for bars, and an abyssmal public transit infrastructure. Drunk driving is designed into our infrastructure. Even trying to address DUI convictions after the fact is discouraged here, because taking away someones ability to drive means taking away their functioning in American society.

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      America is a failed state that piles cops on top of cops to try and patch it’s self inflicted systemic dysfunctions rather than try to solve them

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    The “law enforcement wouldn’t have access” part some groups focused on is a bit of a red herring. One, I don’t really believe it. But two, law enforcement would be sure to notice someone whose car wouldn’t drive over 15 mph all of a sudden or was disabled on the side of a road.

    I could also picture this leading to so many different unsafe situations. Leaving a bad area of town at night after a show? Great, the system kicks in and disables your car leaving you stranded and at risk of robbery or kidnapping or assault whether you stay with your car or try to seek another ride. Driving home to a rural area in freezing weather with no cell service? Well, the system thinks you’re impaired so it disabled your car, leaving you at risk of hypothermia, sorry. Stressed because you’re late to a job interview? Sorry, the system determined you are driving in safely and disabled your car, so guess you won’t make it. It’s solidly dystopian.

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      Rural Canadian here. We get everything mandated in the USA because it’s not worth making Canadian models. Then we have to disable it.

      This would be the absolute first thing to go on any vehicle purchased. We do DEF/DPF/SCR delete, traction control/stabilitrak delete just to make sure our vehicles are reliable and perform as expected in Arctic conditions.

      Note that EGR delete isn’t on the list as EGR actually improves cruise efficiency while cutting emissions… And PCV delete is idiotic, I’ve added PCV to old vehicles that didn’t have it. It’s not like we just hate the environment or something.

      The last thing we want is a system that could intentionally make the truck eat shit while we’re smashing snowdrifts with the bumper and trying to get home in a storm. It could literally kill us

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    we already cant trust authority with things like guns, why the fuck should we let them do this?

    this would be just another tool to be abused by the cowards that join these groups and call themselves ‘officers’.

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      It’s also another potential attack vector for hackers to use. Imagine hackers getting control of the system (or simply finding whatever standardized backdoor the companies have been forced to include) and being able to shut down an entire city over a weekend.

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      We can’t trust authorities with guns? You mean like in the sense that they do absolutely nothing about the rampancy of them in America?

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        hahah what the actual fuck are you talkin about. you certainly arent referring to me. at no point did i disregard regulation or call for it.

        you must be OLD and Uneducated because you cant seem to slow your Roll.

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        They’re totally right. I drive slowly on surface streets and am insanely careful around kids, pets and motorcyclists. Wanting to have control of my vehicle has nothing to do with having a good time. It has to do with government invasion of my life.

        Also, I’m almost to mid life crisis age.

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        Lol, you’re unbelievable naive if you think this wouldn’t be abused by the powers that be or subverted by hackers.

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    It seems like this bill assumes 1 driver per car and 1 car per driver. There are plenty of folks who share a car, and plenty of folks who own more than one. Also would the sensor know if you are driving on an icy road or with low visibility due to dense fog? Would it suddenly shut you car off in the middle of winter and leave you to freeze to death?

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    This stock photo is hilariously bad. The fact that’s it’s sorta, kinda related just makes it worse, not better.

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        It doesn’t go with the article. It looks like someone having ordinary car trouble and calling a tow truck or something.

        By itself, the photo is, technically, fine (it’s in focus, the lighting is decent, etc)

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      Ban freedom. Ban independence. Put all faith in your increasingly hostile government.

      You think us uncaring. We think you a fool.


      The legislation then goes on to define the technology as a computer system that can “passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle” and can “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if an impairment is detected” (emphasis added).

      Yup, this is fine.

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      So from another comment:

      I could also picture this leading to so many different unsafe situations. Leaving a bad area of town at night after a show? Great, the system kicks in and disables your car leaving you stranded and at risk of robbery or kidnapping or assault whether you stay with your car or try to seek another ride. Driving home to a rural area in freezing weather with no cell service? Well, the system thinks you’re impaired so it disabled your car, leaving you at risk of hypothermia, sorry. Stressed because you’re late to a job interview? Sorry, the system determined you are driving in safely and disabled your car, so guess you won’t make it. It’s solidly dystopian. !squiblet

      As anyone who has ever had to have an interlock in their car can tell you, the Police give 0 fucks if the interlock messes up on its own giving an “abnormality” then they’re dragging you to court and/or jail while they figure it out.

      Any system that can be used to monitor citizens will be, ex. the NSA and the revelations that caused an American hero to have to hide in a literal dictatorial country. You can’t trust the government or law enforcement with any information. PERIOD.