Hmm I'm not sure why in an emergency situation accessing a webpage would be easier than making a phone call.
You remember the URL but not a phone number.
...then put the phone number at the URL
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The right thing to do is stop speeding like that. Needlessly endangering others. It's good you are trying to stop. To help you continue in that effort... Check out HPDE events to get your speed fix and keep it off public roads. I've ran with Chin Track Days and 10/10ths and can recommend both orgs (USA based because that's what I know).
I am past it but unless it's Nurburging track doesn't interest me although I am trying to buy a track car eg. Lotus Exige but I have time I don't do the squeeze benz shit, if it's day time I see a gap in traffic that's when I floor it but yeah, even with a radar detector a lot of cops/troopers don't use their radar so not even helpful... and the tickets which I was dumb and paid... like I said I'm done with it as I w…
This is why people buy miatas. You can wail on the car and still be driving the speed limit.
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#93When I was really bad at speeding all the time I had this fear I'd go to jail and my cat would die alone in my apt. So I started working on my own dead man switch, I actually have not finished it but I at least bought him like a self-feeding thing that would last a month or more and he unfortunately drinks out of the toilet too so I leave the top cover off. I've recently stopped or working on stopping the triple digi…
This is one of the most bizarre though processes I've read.
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I agree with your almost a curse sentiment. My interest in fast cars, BMWs in my case, is a blessing and a curse. But HPDE gave me a "safe" (for others) out and I took it. It's expensive. So, FWIW, buy a car that's really reliable and parts relatively inexpensive so you can spend your money on track time and not the car. I have an F80 M3 dual purpose car and would have got an older dedicated track car (E46 maybe) if…
Just get a EV. Your average tesla runs circles around ICE when it comes to acceleration.
Granted. But, on the track, acceleration is only one component.
I've been passed on the track by cars with hundreds of horsepower less with a better track setup, lighter, and with better drivers.
There are reports of people taking EVs to the track but they are usually hampered by charging availability and heat dissipation. I've also heard that braking can be a challenge because you want to use regenerative braking as much as possible but that can make the braking unpredictable. The last thing you want coming in hot on a corner is to have any doubt about how well your heavy EV is going to shed speed.
I don't know for sure, but I'd make an educated guess that the EVs are really hard on tires. Lots of torque and relatively heavy is a bad combination for tire longevity.
The other problem EV owners face is that tracks have banned them due to the fire risk in the case of an accident. The tracks aren't equipped to handle a large LIB fire.
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#96Before MFA was mandated on every service this was an easy problem to solve. Now when you lose your phone while out and about you lose your ability to log in to even Dave's Speed Cow Milker's Enthusiast Forum unless you're at home with another computer already logged in to various things.
"Now when you lose your phone while out and about you lose your ability ..."
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Re: Show HN: I made an emergency page for my family
#97When I was really bad at speeding all the time I had this fear I'd go to jail and my cat would die alone in my apt. So I started working on my own dead man switch, I actually have not finished it but I at least bought him like a self-feeding thing that would last a month or more and he unfortunately drinks out of the toilet too so I leave the top cover off. I've recently stopped or working on stopping the triple digi…
Selfish. Don’t speed.
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please don’t drive that fast (I’m assuming you mean triple digits MPH). It endangers both yourself and others.
Triple digits kph on residential steeets (limit 30-50kph) would also be dangerous as hell and I’ve seen people do it.
The worst part of reckless driving is that you can take away someone else's life or maim them forever by your action.
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#99When I was really bad at speeding all the time I had this fear I'd go to jail and my cat would die alone in my apt. So I started working on my own dead man switch, I actually have not finished it but I at least bought him like a self-feeding thing that would last a month or more and he unfortunately drinks out of the toilet too so I leave the top cover off. I've recently stopped or working on stopping the triple digi…
Buy a bicycle and ride that instead until you're mature enough to get behind the wheel. Speeding around endangering people's lives is rotten behavior.
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#100I really like the idea of trying to solve an existing problem.
You forget your phone but how do you access a webpage in an emergency?
If this works for you and your personal use case, then everything is fine. But I see a lot of hurdles along the way here.
I would rather think of something like: If my phone hasen't been moved over an X amount of time (locations based or accelerometer) the phone drops a note to predfined receipients with "My phone hasen't moved in 60 minutes, maybe I forgot it somewhere". You can send a location point, but that is just where the phone is.
At least it would solve the point where you have to do something manually.