The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore

The problem with a vehicle kill switch is the same problem as an encryption backdoor for law enforcement. It will leak, quickly (inside a year) and so not only will law enforcement misuse this power (history shows they've misused all powers they've been given) but nefarious interests will use it to cause havoc.

First part to get ripped out of new cars

Always check your sources…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Economic_Education

They literally gave an award to Charles Koch.

I sure hope I never get injured using my chainsaw out in the forest with no cell service. It's going to be so awesome bleeding out in a truck that cuts to 5mph max because I'm too busy holding the tourniquet on my leg while I drive. That's certainly NEVER happened. NEVER happens, to nobody, including my mother.

If this becomes law, I will literally refuse to purchase any new cars. We have made a ton of current cars to have scrap parts for another 30-40 years

I'm just waiting for the moment that this kill switch is hacked, and whole cities come to a complete standstill.

So this isn't an external kill switch. It's far more likely to be a lane and driver monitoring system integral to the car itself.

The big problem is what do you do with a car that's stopped itself? Obviously you need emergency services, and obviously you can't depend on the passengers to call them. So the real effect here is to mandate the integration of vehicles into the emergency service networks so the car can call up dispatch.

I would say this is another brick in the argument for an open source car operating system that keeps the car offline and gives you the tools you want.

I see where they're coming from, but like every good idea the government has had its going to be abused and mutated into Satan's Christmas tree of a bill, and either be draconian or useless.

Also, this idea is shit for brains stupid lol

American solution to a problem of deadly car chases.

I guess „don’t chase cars” would be too simple.

This is already a concerning power to hand to a government, which could cause issues regarding the right of freedom of movement. But even if we assume an ideal and responsible government that never misuses their powers, can we be sure such a backdoor would be secure enough not to be exploited by other parties?

There's no possible way this ever makes it to regulation. And most of you haven't read the law, so don't understand you're being lied to. Read analysis here:

https://midwest.social/comment/4975539

I'm sure we'll never find out that the kill switch was disproportionately used on people of color.

Can’t wait to patch that out, should be as fun as that dumbshit auto-shutoff they have now.

Next step will be to have it drive you to the police station and alert them of your arrival.

Don't have time right now the deep dive into that absolute wall of text. Did get a few paragraphs in to find that your champion is Thomas Massie (R) (Nut Job), that's clarity enough for now...

I don't see any problem with a system to detect drunk driving and bring the car to a stop. There is no right to drive a car while drunk or otherwise impaired. Inventing one by calling upon privacy also ignores that the cops can pull you over and give you a sobriety test if they have reason to anyway. In 2021, over 13,000 people in the US died from drunk drivers. They deserve protection.

Driver entitlement episode 456: "what do you mean my death machine needs to have a remote kill switch???"

Insane.