The real story here is that Ford incentivizes employees to write patents (though I doubt very much this makes them particularly unique). Beyond that, the technology required to support this functionality is so far ahead of what's available today (or likely to be available anytime soon) that it's not worth a serious debate.
Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
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Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#32Yet another reason to ditch cars. The car is an engineering disaster and it's time has past. I know this will be a shock to some people.
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#33Great, now we're going to get country music about how some guy's truck left him.
Take my angry upvote. "My truck done left me and my cellphone said I'm broke"
"but I won't let that bother me like it does other folk. I'll stand out on the roadside, thumb up in the air, and wait for some good passer buy to show me that they care"
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#34Thus making payment even less likely...
I used to be a big proponent of alcohol/drug test to prevent car starting, ideally I imagined the system would be with an absolute guarantee (mandated) the information stays local (just a hardware switch preventing ignition or startup). But I'm sad to say I don't believe in any more, so much abuse to mark people as 'tries to drive while under the influence' or making you pay higher insurance because you're often 0.5g instead of 0.3g.
I really want people to be prevented to drive killing vehicles under the influence (yes even my e-cargo). I know it would bring so many other problems, such as cost, tampering, bad sensitivity, etc. It doesn't make sense to me that we don't crack down more on this specific act.
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#35The real story here is that Ford incentivizes employees to write patents (though I doubt very much this makes them particularly unique). Beyond that, the technology required to support this functionality is so far ahead of what's available today (or likely to be available anytime soon) that it's not worth a serious debate.
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#36Well if this is how the new cars are gonna be, I guess I'll just go ahead and teach myself to be a Car Guy so that the one I have now will run forever.
It's not that I'm afraid of missing a payment. At this point I would probably buy the car outright. But after the robo-signing debacle with BoA repossesssing houses that they were never party to, the mere capability renders the machine fundamentally untrustworthy.
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#37Yet another reason to ditch cars. The car is an engineering disaster and it's time has past. I know this will be a shock to some people.
The car is an engineering miracle. It's one of my most useful possessions and I'll never voluntarily give up the personal mobility that it enables.
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#38What if it's behind a locked gate?
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#39This illustrates a problem with current penalties - they're too harsh if you have 100% exact enforcement. Violating auto speed limits is a good example. Society can't enforce speed limits 100% of the time if it relies on the occasional state trooper with a radar gun. Therefore society sets the penalty very high so that the small risk of a citation isn't worth the benefit of speeding. 100% enforcement should have much…
My uncle got a job as a repo man and quit on the second day because somebody pointed a gun at him.
Re: Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
#40> The patent also outlines a potential to lock the vehicle out on weekends only so that the driver can still access a job and might be able to come through on those delinquent payments
What if you usually work weekends which is common for a lot of the jobs people who are missing payments might be working? In that case you would be out of luck.
You would also be out of luck if you are trying to get a side-gig or pick up a part time job on weekends to make ends meet.
This is what happens when people who have no money troubles make decisions in a board room. Completely out of touch.