Now Big Brother wants to control the gas pedal in your car 'Fully prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit'

wnd.com ^ | 11/22/2023 1602 hrs | Bob Unruh

[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."

[sauropod]

Yep.

[ohioman]

I am not worried for me. My Red Barchetta is stored in country place no one knows about.

[Blue Highway]

Your post reminds me of the scene in Idiocracy with the vacuum that keeps saying, "your floor is now clean"and it keeps repeating it as it rams into the wall.

Idiocracy -Your floor is now clean

[dfwgator]

What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free

[dfwgator]

LOL sounds like my Roomba.

[sauropod]

See my tagline.

[Bob434]

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-

[beef]

“CELLPHONES.”

That is certainly a factor, but not the only one. Education, entertainment, and general cultural issues are also involved.

[BBB333]

“Until the GPS is hacked and the Speed Limit is set to 120 MPH through a school zone. WEEEEEEEEE!”

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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!

[Blue Highway]

I’m convinced truckers do this crap (riding side by side) to piss off all other drivers

[I want the USA back]

If the fascists in government have their way, they will be able to turn off your car remotely, limit its speed, force it to go to the gestapo police station, and prevent you from driving during "climate emergencies."

[MeganC]

Every little pissbag town in America that depends on robbing travelers for their budgets will oppose this idea.

[Blue Highway]

90 minutes from NY to Paris, there’ll be spandex jackets one for everyone

[Frank Drebin]

Never been a better time for me to fulfill that dream of a 67 Mustang...

[norsky]

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.

[EEGator]

Land of the Free…

[fuzzylogic]

....but politicians know better. I can’t imagine there’d be unintended consequences.

/s

[fuzzylogic]

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.

[Larry Lucido]

Sometimes you need to go fast.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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.