@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoFord trying to patent system that reports speeding vehicles to policewww.local12.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: technology
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•3 months agoRight? Why the hell would I buy a vehicle that’s going to report me to the police?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•3 months agoThey’re probably waiting for this tech to be required by law and make a lot of cash on the patent.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•3 months agoBecause it will not report you. It will report others it sees on the road - except Fords.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 months agoThey already have to implement a system to shut off the car if “drunk driving is detected” by law
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•3 months agoI haven’t heard of that. How does it work? It shuts the car off if you swerve a lot? Do you have a source I could read more about this?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoThe law doesn’t say how it should work at all. This source seems the least biased I’ve seen on it https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/editorials/why-are-people-worried-about-automotive-kill-switch-mandates-44503639
Heh. Guess theyre tired of making money
Right? Why the hell would I buy a vehicle that’s going to report me to the police?
They’re probably waiting for this tech to be required by law and make a lot of cash on the patent.
Because it will not report you. It will report others it sees on the road - except Fords.
They already have to implement a system to shut off the car if “drunk driving is detected” by law
I haven’t heard of that. How does it work? It shuts the car off if you swerve a lot?
Do you have a source I could read more about this?
The law doesn’t say how it should work at all. This source seems the least biased I’ve seen on it
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/editorials/why-are-people-worried-about-automotive-kill-switch-mandates-44503639