Ford tests new speed-limiting tech that automatically slows down vehicles as they approach schools, hospitals and shopping areas

UK Daily Mail ^ | 5/24/2022 | Sophie Curtis

[fruser1]

A geofence is a technology that makes use of location data to set up an invisible barrier in the real world.

Often the technology uses GPS, but it can also use other data signals such as cellular, WiFi or RFID.

You can't see or feel anything when you pass through a geofence, but if you are carrying a connected device, it will send out a signal that you have crossed the electronic boundary.

This may trigger a programmed action - such as a message to appear on your phone, or in the case of Ford's internet-connected cars, impose a speed limit.

[fruser1]

I need to pick up that jamming hobby again.

[JudyinCanada]

Added feature - if you have dirt on the Clinton/Biden/Obama cabal, it automatically speeds up to 100 mph and hits a tree.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

How to tick off people further 101.

[butlerweave]

Ford wants to lose a few more billions of dollars

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

That’s another thing about these self driving cars they want to put out there. You think those things are going to drive over the speed limit? Yeah right! LOL LOL LOL! “Quick! Take me to the hospital, I’m having a heart attack” “Sorry sir, the speed limit here is 15 mph”

[freeandfreezing]

I think that feature should be a requirement for all vehicles owned or operated by any governmental organization. After all we want all government employees to be driving safely.

Also, as a part of that system those cars should report their location in real time so that the taxpayers can be confident that the employees of the government are working and doing their jobs properly. That data should be available as an overlay on Google maps or similar services.

[Terry L Smith]

they already have:
1. gps’s that put you in lakes, ponds, and rivers.
2. self-driving cars that put you through walls, through traffic, through pedestrians.
3. what could go wrong?

[Dutch Boy]

Add that to the destination restrictions placed on you because of your social score. Sorry, you can’t go to the restaurant because you said something unapproved on social media.

[Born in 1950]

Self driving cars are govt. driven cars. ~ Me, 2011.

[upchuck]

Ford: “Leave the driving up to us.” I don’t think so. IMHO, this borders on criminality. Who’s liable if this software breaks and I’m allowed to speed in a school district and get a ticket?

[GMMC0987]

With all the “features” they’ve mandated and proposed lately, it looks like I’ll be keeping my current car for a long time.

[heavy metal]

ford=found on road disabled...

[ladyjane]

The other day I was driving down the interstate and passed a brand new semi- cab. I swear no one was at the wheel and I couldn’t see anyone in the passenger seat.

[V_TWIN]

What if your having a dire emergency like a heart attack or your wife’s in labor?......seconds count in those situations.

SMH

[Empire_of_Liberty]

You have an excellent point. If it controls the car, it can control it unsafely.

Carjacking would certainly be easier, if the car stopped and unlocked itself for the carjacker, too.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The proto-democrats will be along in a minute to tell you how much they LOVE big brother.

[cabojoe]

Well at least if Amber is chasing Johnny through a hospital Zone he’ll be close enough for help when she catches him.

[Dr. Sivana]

I need to pick up that jamming hobby again.

You can also go the other way and turn your 1990 Cadillac Sedan DeVille into a mobile device that slows down new vehicles. What fun!

[cableguymn]

and the brakes are disabled.

[Dr. Sivana]

Ford wants to lose a few more billions of dollars

Nah. They'll patent it and get the government to mandate it in all new cars. GM tried that years ago with Daytime Running Lights (wreaked havoc on military bases), but didn't quite pull it off in the U.S. Now every neighborhood in Canada looks like a funeral procession.