Posted on 11/24/2023 7:36:20 AM PST by rktman
Just when you thought there were no parts of your life not already under the thumb of the federal government, a new idea emerges.
This time it comes from the National Transportation Safety Board and it involves outsiders having control of the gas pedal in your car.
While you're driving, of course.
The proposal from the NTSB is to install "intelligent speed assistance" tech in all cars, a system that uses a car's GPS location and local speed limit postings "to help ensure safe and legal speeds."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Yep.
I am not worried for me. My Red Barchetta is stored in country place no one knows about.
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
LOL sounds like my Roomba.
See my tagline.
Gee - wont it be fun driving along, obeyign the speed limit, and then having your car speed up with no input from you, and then a week later get a speeding ticket? IF they can control the top speed- they can manipulate your speed at will- both up and down-
“CELLPHONES.”
That is certainly a factor, but not the only one. Education, entertainment, and general cultural issues are also involved.
“Until the GPS is hacked and the Speed Limit is set to 120 MPH through a school zone. WEEEEEEEEE!”
There is a school zone that I occasionally pass through when I’m going to Helena or Great Falls, MT — the yellow lights blink when children may be present (before and after school). It becomes a 55 MPH zone!
I’m convinced truckers do this crap (riding side by side) to piss off all other drivers
Every little pissbag town in America that depends on robbing travelers for their budgets will oppose this idea.
90 minutes from NY to Paris, there’ll be spandex jackets one for everyone
Never been a better time for me to fulfill that dream of a 67 Mustang...
Ever had a dream where you can’t run fast, just slow, so you are unable to get away. Klaus had that dream for us and now it is true.
Land of the Freeā¦
....but politicians know better. I can’t imagine there’d be unintended consequences.
/s
As a software architect in the automotive industry, I’ve been waiting for this. Several years ago, I rented a car in Germany, the damn thing beeped every time I went over the speed limit....I thought, “ah....great, we’re just one software update away from the car refusing to go over it”.
...emergencies or other circumstances be damned.
I remember staff cars in the military 1966-1969 had special governors on them. All the drivers knew how to bypass them if the officer was in a hurry.
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