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Old 05-05-2022, 12:10 PM
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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.
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Old 05-06-2022, 04:15 PM
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A trucking friend shared this:
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Old 05-06-2022, 11:36 PM
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One of my customers called a dealer service rep in on a Saturday and Sunday to flash all his trucks computers to limit the speed to 62mph. Their travel is 99% on two lane roads and local, none of the drivers was aware of the change, thus the change being made on Saturday and Sunday.

The phone was ringing all day on Monday to his service manager with power complaints from the drivers. ��

If they’re going to govern all the big trucks they need to limit them to right lane only, or they’ll have traffic tied up worse than it is now with two of them driving side by side.
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Old 05-08-2022, 02:33 PM
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That's why I didn't want to buy a Hellcat Superstock or Demon. They are speed limiter restricted to 168mph (due to the 18" drag radials). The Redeye with 20" wheels is limited by aerodynamic factors only. (200 mph).
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Doesn't matter to me, We are still driving 50-60 year old classics and will continue to do so. Not even remotely interested in anything new.
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Old 05-08-2022, 04:06 PM
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One of my customers called a dealer service rep in on a Saturday and Sunday to flash all his trucks computers to limit the speed to 62mph. Their travel is 99% on two lane roads and local, none of the drivers was aware of the change, thus the change being made on Saturday and Sunday.

The phone was ringing all day on Monday to his service manager with power complaints from the drivers. ��

If they’re going to govern all the big trucks they need to limit them to right lane only, or they’ll have traffic tied up worse than it is now with two of them driving side by side.
On the long mountain climbs around here, they are already supposed to be limited to right lane only per law, but that doesn't stop them from going 30 mph side by side up the mountain, thereby clogging up traffic, and sometimes even causing accidents with cars that come around the corner at 65 mph and can't stop in time. And coming up the mountain, there is no where else to go, no emergency lane, no room to make any evasive maneuvers when necessary. But, these truckers still do it every day.
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Old 05-09-2022, 08:33 PM
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We'll have to see what happens with the auto industry, but it's possible that more people will buy new cars than old ones as they adopt this philosophy. The question is how does an individual manufacturer feeling about their product change?
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Old 05-09-2022, 08:48 PM
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It'll all tank
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