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April 27, 2026, 04:50 PM
Jupiter
There is a limit to what I will tolerate. That is NOT going to happen as far as I'm concerned.
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April 27, 2026, 05:51 PM
Prefontaine
What they should do instead of forcing every new vehicle buyer to pay for this bullshit..make a federal crime to drive distracted. Get caught looking down at a phone, go to jail. Mass revenue for local PD’s. 3 strikes = felony. Make it as severe as DUI.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
April 27, 2026, 06:27 PM
jljones
And by Jan 2, somebody will Glock V it.
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April 27, 2026, 06:38 PM
CPD SIG
quote:
Originally posted by jljones: And by Jan 2, somebody will Glock V it.
Fuck, I already figured it out. Picture of my ugly mug, tape that on the end of a popsicle stick to the camera.
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April 27, 2026, 06:48 PM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG: Picture of my ugly mug, tape that on the end of a popsicle stick to the camera.
Million dollar idea right there.
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April 27, 2026, 08:18 PM
egregore
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
April 27, 2026, 09:20 PM
nhtagmember
Nope
April 28, 2026, 05:04 AM
Captain Morgan
This is why a want a restored vehicle from the 70s. To much electronic garbage in the cars nowadays.
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April 28, 2026, 05:37 AM
egregore
I don't suppose anybody thought to include some provision for getting the car safely off the road. Perhaps there's more beneath the surface. Just arbitrarily shutting an engine off at any old time and place is dangerous.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
April 28, 2026, 05:50 AM
Georgeair
One of my current cars sometimes thinks I need a rest break, based on criteria that are impossible to determine.
Gonna need to see marked improvements to the tech before anything like this ever happened.
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April 28, 2026, 06:32 AM
gearhounds
Either it won’t happen or the computer can be jacked to override it or spoof it. Given the rate that new vehicles are experiencing issues at a far higher rate than ever before and big brother features are being implemented in new cars, manufacturers would be shooting themselves in the foot on new car buyers.
Even now, the used car market is king compared to new, doubling rates of purchase over new… nonsense like this will not help new sales ratios.
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April 28, 2026, 07:02 AM
limblessbiff
Looks like electrical tape/duct tape is gonna be selling really well here soon
April 28, 2026, 07:31 AM
SPWAMike0317
The capability is already in Ford (Blue Cruise), Chevy (Super Cruise), Tesla, Subaru, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volvo. It is contained to the car and is localized to "nag mode" but expanding it to incorporate AI wouldn't be a stretch. After all, it's for our own good.
The more automation in cars, the more I want to keep my 2011 Honda Pilot.
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April 28, 2026, 08:04 AM
k5blazer
So no one can drive with sun glasses?
April 28, 2026, 09:05 AM
apprentice
quote:
Originally posted by k5blazer: So no one can drive with sun glasses?
Great question. Halloween on the roadways should be an extra hoot after 2027.
April 28, 2026, 10:08 AM
Prefontaine
quote:
Originally posted by Georgeair: One of my current cars sometimes thinks I need a rest break, based on criteria that are impossible to determine.
Should be able to disable that in your settings.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
April 28, 2026, 10:58 AM
Doc H.
quote:
Originally posted by Prefontaine:
quote:
Originally posted by Georgeair: One of my current cars sometimes thinks I need a rest break, based on criteria that are impossible to determine.
Should be able to disable that in your settings.
Actually you can in my car, and all it does is turn off all the automatic driving do-dads if it thinks you're not paying attention - which most everyone here would apparently turn off anyway. Much ado about nothing. One thing it DOES do is if you are completely unresponsive (medical emergency, fall asleep) is it automatically pulls over to the side of the road (giving you plenty of warning ahead of time), avoiding traffic, and stops the car and calls 911. Say that's not a good thing. All you have to do to avoid that is be driving the car normally. It doesn't magically snatch the wheel out of your hands and take over the car. Implementation as discussed in the X/YT (which appears to be hysteria) bad idea.
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Perhaps there's more beneath the surface. Just arbitrarily shutting an engine off at any old time and place is dangerous.