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NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by jeffbee »

kiliantics wrote: post #72
0xB31B1B wrote: post #67

This is good. Also would like max 85mph speed governors and tighter limits on car dimensions to limit the massive truck hood heights

yes, scooters and bicycles with electric motors are held to higher standards than cars when it comes to speed/power and it makes no sense

Cars should be limited to .5g forward acceleration, and .5g/s change of acceleration, and you should need the full stroke of the accelerator to get those figures. In other words, all throttle maps stuck in “eco” mode forever. No more twitchy aggressive throttles. Then we won’t have so many drivers murdering school kids in crosswalks because oopsie I tapped the wrong pedal.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by aboringusername »

madamelic wrote: post #70

The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.

Yes, absolutely. I often think about whether we should just go to the natural logical conclusion. Using GPS and speed data to automatically fine you if you speed and deduct from your linked bank account - you can contest this but you must pay first.

I dislike cameras as it feels like you're constantly performing and if you slip up, you don't get to learn, instead your mistake is archived and put up for others to scrutinize.

I get that we, as humans, enjoy documenting our world, but the idea a spy which will no doubt store data that is accessible either remotely or locally with the right tool, is now and has become so pervasive will probably be considered one of the most grotesque things future societies will look back on and think we were insane for ever allowing. So much of our history is lost to the ages, and frankly, it's best it stays that way.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by nemo44x »

This has no chance of being extended to not allow you to drive because your social score has dropped below a threshold.

I don’t need or want life management built into my vehicle. I don’t want Minority Report inspired crime prevention. A government camera pointed directly at me isn’t even a 1984 metaphor anymore. The management class is literally saying that’s what they want to do - they don’t even pretend to hide it.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by resizeitplz »

vidanay wrote: post #83
madamelic wrote: post #70

The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.

I swear I saw this in a movie. Demolition Man? Judge Dredd?

Fifth Element

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by fdewrewrewf »

h2odragon wrote: post #73

Older cars that can be legally driven without all the nanny state crap are going to be worth bank for a while; until they get outlawed. Theme music: "Red Barchetta" by Rush

There'll be another Cash for Clunkers type program, and there won't be any cheap, reliable old cars.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by djoldman »

vidanay wrote: post #83
madamelic wrote: post #70

The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.

I swear I saw this in a movie. Demolition Man? Judge Dredd?

Fifth Element.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by throwaway0asd »

a2tech wrote: post #80
pcaharrier wrote: post #65

"43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years" True, but there were also 250 billion more miles traveled than 16 years ago and a population of roughly 40 million more people. So though the raw number is higher, the traffic fatalities per mile traveled and per capita is actually lower than it was back then.

'Safety' is going to be the thing that kills personal liberty in this country.

We could eliminate food inspection and driver's licenses. That would increase liberty, but I don't think most people would find the freedom worthy of the cost.

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by chucksta »

vidanay wrote: post #83
madamelic wrote: post #70

The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.

I swear I saw this in a movie. Demolition Man? Judge Dredd?

There is the auto-fine thing in demolition man for swearing

Re: NTSB Calls for Alcohol Detection Systems in All New Vehicles

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Post by manuelmoreale »

vidanay wrote: post #83
madamelic wrote: post #70

The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.

I swear I saw this in a movie. Demolition Man? Judge Dredd?

Demolition man. Iconic scene where he gets a bunch of tickets for using profanity as a substitute for toilet paper. What a bizarre movie and what a bizarre idea of a future that was.
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