Speed limiters in new cars

[Jeff H]

Sounds like an idea that would lead to more accidents as you're taking control away from the driver.

Another thing coming is part of the infrastructure bill that requires new cars in 2025 to have some sort of impaired driver protection. From what I read, it sounds like something that will scan your eyes to see if you're rapidly looking in different directions and disable the car if it thinks you're impaired. I could see that shutting you down in an emergency situation when you're trying to react to a bad situation. This "safety" stuff is getting more dangerous all the time.

[jdv69z]

Hmm, how long can I make my old car continue to run? A couple hundred thousand, maybe more, or so new vehicles not sold because people don't want them and adopt this philosophy. What's that do the auto industry?

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by Jeff H

Sounds like an idea that would lead to more accidents as you're taking control away from the driver.

Another thing coming is part of the infrastructure bill that requires new cars in 2025 to have some sort of impaired driver protection. From what I read, it sounds like something that will scan your eyes to see if you're rapidly looking in different directions and disable the car if it thinks you're impaired. I could see that shutting you down in an emergency situation when you're trying to react to a bad situation. This "safety" stuff is getting more dangerous all the time.

Yes indeed! Take the the 2025 Kill switch for example: The 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.