Ford says its system could make law enforcement's job easier.
  • pubquiz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    164·
    2 years 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.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      I’ll stick to Toyota for now.

      I wish I’d found Toyota products decades earlier. Nearly lifelong Ford guy here, and honestly no major complaints with the vehicles I’ve had. But we are now a Toyota family, and everyone I know who owns one (now including us) won’t even look at another company. Really reliable, well designed cars, IMO. I think you’re doing the right thing.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    144·
    2 years 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
      7·
      2 years 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.

      • Cyteseer@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        Some Ford cars already have camera systems that can recognize speed limit signs and limit cruise control speeds. They could just use that instead of developing something that fines and jails people

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    91·
    2 years ago

    So happy I sold off my car 8 years ago & haven’t had one since. I can hardly believe how bad things have gotten.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    114·
    2 years ago

    Usually I’m against this kinda stuff, but this would be hilarious. I’ve almost been run off the road by tiny dicked dudes in lifted F-250’s rolling coal. I say fuck 'em.

  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    71·
    2 years ago

    why would you allow speeding in the first place, just to report it to cops after?!?

    Or maybe I should have read it and it is reporting other drivers?

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    1615·
    2 years ago

    Please. Please god. This would be the actual funniest shit. I had a man wave a damn gun at me for doing the speed limit in the left lane… on a residential road. I am so sick of these entitled assholes. Ford, please, its the only thing I want for christmas, please please make their douchey trucks fink on them. I’ve been so good this year.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      I mean, if you’re not passing in the left lane…

      I kid, i kid, I’ve been on those residential two lane roads. The number of people that think highway guidelines apply on a residential road are mind-blowing. Like, I’m in this lane because I’m turning left in a mile and trying to merge a full-size work van with medium traffic congestion is a challenge already. I’m sorry I kept you from driving your Mazda like a Maserati

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      left lane… on a residential road

      Hmm, perhaps this is the issue with our car-centric society and it won’t actually be solved with big-brother surveillence.