Ford says its system could make law enforcement's job easier.
  • pubquiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Now I want an onboard system that hides my tag until it sees a pig bike/car/van, warns ME (the schlep who pays for it) and reveals the tag. Why is tech serving the pigs and not the owners who drive the vehicles as they were designed? Oh, that’s right, the cozy relationship between corporations and leo gangs. FML

    And if you think I drive aggressively now, buy one of these stitchmobiles and see how often you’re cut off, brake checked, and given a hassle. Spoiler alert: it’ll be a lot more. A LOT.

  • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    This has got to be a case of a preventative patent and not something that’ll actually see production. Like, there’s just no way the people at Ford are dumb enough to look at this and unironically think it’s a good idea. They’d probably lose a quarter of their customer base if they start rolling it out.

    • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      My guess would be they’re just playing it smart, waiting for the dystopian required implementation of the systems in all cars in the future.

      • 50MYT@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Watch governments implement this requirement, then ford makes $$$ selling the rights to everyone else

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Why not just install speed limiting software in the cars? You could literally make the cars incapable of getting a speeding ticket in a way that doesn’t violate user privacy. Ford won’t because they love selling murder machines and they know that with the culture around cars in the US nobody would buy them.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Speed-limits aren’t uniform, so you’d have to have some kind of GPS connectivity as well as an up-to-date database that tracks what the current speed-limit is and where the user is (good bye privacy). Also better make sure the software doesn’t think you are on the 30mph access road that is beside the 70mph highway.

      It would be a terrible idea, but maybe not worse then what the article is describing.