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> A car camera for Affectiva, a company that is developing technology for measuring driver emotions, in Boston, on Oct. 6, 2018. No. Just no. Why would anyone allow collecting this kind of information? There is no way it can't (so, won't) be used against you. Everyone gets angry from time to time.
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> I realized at one point that it was probably EMP-proof The ignition coil will probably not survive an EMP event, so the bike will not run. However, it should be pretty straight forward to wind a new ignition coil if you ever find yourself in a post-nuclear situation.
That bike is way too old for ignition coils, it almost certainly has a distributor, which could be mechanically rotated.
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The information is still not even remotely accurate enough for this to work without ridiculously high levels of false positives. An obvious example would be in Germany. The autobahn for example has sections that are unrestricted, but those same sections are 130kmh (or sometimes lower) if it's between certain times or raining or whatever. Half of the time my car interprets that as just being 130. Outside of that; ther…
I guess that depends on country. For example the UK has no public road (that I'm aware of) where a speed of higher than 70mph is allowed, so that would be an easy initial rule. Where there are dynamic speed limits in place, it would be plausible to report back possibles (car location and speed) which could then be checked against a central database which was more accurate. I'm not suggesting that such a system is a g…
Which I suppose could theoretically be done far more easily.
If the GPS coordinates are within the ring road of the city and no limit higher than your current speed exists there then you're a baddie and we should bust through your ceiling.
Personally, if we're going to use car telemetry I'd be far more in favour of having the system decide whether someone is actually driving dangerously rather than deciding that 55mph on the North Circular at 2am is worth hitting someone's license up over.
One thing that's interesting to me is, modern cars know (relatively accurately) whether you're speeding or not. They have GPS and a database of speed limits. Also depending on what's in the car, they may know who was driving it. How long before a speed safety campaign starts arguing that car manufacturers should be handing over information about people breaking the law in their cars to law enforcement...
Probably sometime after we have speed limits reasonable enough that the overwhelming majority people do not routinely exceed them and/or the politicians who write the laws stop driving.
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I guess that depends on country. For example the UK has no public road (that I'm aware of) where a speed of higher than 70mph is allowed, so that would be an easy initial rule. Where there are dynamic speed limits in place, it would be plausible to report back possibles (car location and speed) which could then be checked against a central database which was more accurate. I'm not suggesting that such a system is a g…
I retain a small amount of hope that this could lead to more sensible motorway speed limits. Virtually everyone drives over 70mph on motorways. If the law were strictly applied the cumulative offences would result in virtually all drivers of “smart” cars being instantly banned from driving
You would like to think saner speed limits could be agreed as car brakes and safety have rather improved since the 70mph limit was imposed...
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Good reliable cars are currently cheaper than ever. Of all the problems stacked against the poor, I'm not sure that cars have become less obtainable. Adjusted for inflation, the cheapest economy cars are quite inexpensive, and generally speaking, they last much longer than they did 20-30 years ago.
That's the opposite sentiment that I've heard recently (from an American perspective). My understanding is that our used cars are more expensive than ever due to: a) Certified pre-owned and similar programs making some used cars more appealing (and thus more valuable), removing them from the supply of unvetted, cheap used cars. b) More folks being able to afford used cars around the world. It seems like at the lower…
The OP talking about a $5,000 car is talking about a 10-20 year old car with 100,000+ miles.
Both cars appeal to a different set of buyers. The CPO car effectively competes against new cars.
It's not uncommon at all today to see a car tick over 200,000+ miles, so buying a car for $5,000 with 100,000 miles on it can be seen as a pretty good deal. Usually people would recommend a good Japanese / Korean car (Toyota, Honda, etc.).
> “There’s just massive amounts of data being collected, and if you want the service, you have to agree to it. And people do agree to it, and they have relatively little control over things,” Scassa says. I'm curious what this will do to the used car market in 10-15 years. Say the original owner consented to all this data tracking. They go to sell the car to buy a new one, and the 2nd owner does not agree to the trac…
> “There’s just massive amounts of data being collected, and if you want the service, you have to agree to it. And people do agree to it, and they have relatively little control over things,” Scassa says. I'm curious what this will do to the used car market in 10-15 years. Say the original owner consented to all this data tracking. They go to sell the car to buy a new one, and the 2nd owner does not agree to the trac…
In Europe there needs to be due to GDPR. It will be interesting to see how this works out as this has not been challenged as far as I know.
I'm proud to say that my vehicle has zero tracking, is user serviceable, and my purchase of it had zero carbon impact. It's also 32 years old, gets 14-15mpg, and drives like a truck. It's a 1988 Chevy Suburban. I bought it a few years ago, for $1450 and really haven't put much into it overall. It runs reasonable well (still some things to figure out) and is comfortable. If I had some money I'd fix some of the things…
One thing that's interesting to me is, modern cars know (relatively accurately) whether you're speeding or not. They have GPS and a database of speed limits. Also depending on what's in the car, they may know who was driving it. How long before a speed safety campaign starts arguing that car manufacturers should be handing over information about people breaking the law in their cars to law enforcement...
Little did I realise that was a direct admission I'd been speeding on my way back to the studio!
- ed
(It wasn't even bad speeding (mostly) - I'm in London after all - it kicked in every time I went a mile an hour over whatever limit I was subject to. Very [very] annoying)