Posted on 02/14/2025 5:52:58 AM PST by MtnClimber
Next up, kill switches on toilets
Even better would be to bring back simple diesel pick-up trucks, naturally aspirated, running on sulfur diesel and with no electronics, that last 1 million miles and costs $15K.
“Like motorcycle helmets, it becomes a freedom vs. cost problem. Yes, it can be individual choice, but if you end up seriously injured, on disability and requiring a lot of medical treatment, then it’s infringing on me, through increased taxes for your SSI and increased insurance premiums to handle your medical expenses.”
Which happens when the nature of the impact of a car accident causes compression of the seat belt against the body in such a way that the person loses a kidney. Yes, it happens.
I also know of a case where a mother and child only survived an accident, thrown from the car, while her husband, trapped by the seat belt, died as the car went through a road side barrier dropping 200 feet down over a cliff. Had his wife had the seat belt on when she was nursing the baby, she and the child would also have died. Instead they were thrown clear before the car went through the barrier. They had minor injuries but nothing serious.
I had two people I worked with at different times, whose spouses died (1) or at minimum critically injured (1) due to internal organ damage due to seat belt restraint during a car accident.
My 2022 Ford F350 Platinum will give a warning light if it senses excessive weaving. The light is a Coffee Cup and tells the driver to pull over and get some rest.
It's not an "if" - it's reality. Here's a 20 second advertisement from a few years ago extolling how police can shut off a car during a chase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-zHgO51bc
The Feral “government” sure stepped on its wee wee with this braindead idea. Somewhere there is a teenager figuring out how to hack their “kill switch”. ROTFL. This is as dumb as trying to make guns that can only be fired by their owner.
hang ‘em all.
That is the main reason for regulatory nonsense. To drive the cost of cars up so much that only the wealthiest will be able to afford one.
Hackers will have a field day with this. And hopefully target government vehicles to make the point.
When Mount St. Helens erupted people sped away from it. Oh, you’re speeding, shut off your car!
When Mount St. Helens erupted people sped away from it.
Not Harry Truman.
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