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Even ignoring the privacy problems, and the many technical problems this would run into with false positives and faulty systems, this approach to the problem of drunk driving is misguided.

The US is one of the worst in the world for drunk driving, both in DUI rates, and how much blood alcohol is considered to be a DUI. Other countries are doing things way better than us, and a kill switch isnt their solution. We have shit like parking minimums for bars, and an abyssmal public transit infrastructure. Drunk driving is designed into our infrastructure. Even trying to address DUI convictions after the fact is discouraged here, because taking away someones ability to drive means taking away their functioning in American society.

The “law enforcement wouldn’t have access” part some groups focused on is a bit of a red herring. One, I don’t really believe it. But two, law enforcement would be sure to notice someone whose car wouldn’t drive over 15 mph all of a sudden or was disabled on the side of a road.

I could also picture this leading to so many different unsafe situations. Leaving a bad area of town at night after a show? Great, the system kicks in and disables your car leaving you stranded and at risk of robbery or kidnapping or assault whether you stay with your car or try to seek another ride. Driving home to a rural area in freezing weather with no cell service? Well, the system thinks you’re impaired so it disabled your car, leaving you at risk of hypothermia, sorry. Stressed because you’re late to a job interview? Sorry, the system determined you are driving in safely and disabled your car, so guess you won’t make it. It’s solidly dystopian.

we already cant trust authority with things like guns, why the fuck should we let them do this?

this would be just another tool to be abused by the cowards that join these groups and call themselves 'officers'.

It seems like this bill assumes 1 driver per car and 1 car per driver. There are plenty of folks who share a car, and plenty of folks who own more than one. Also would the sensor know if you are driving on an icy road or with low visibility due to dense fog? Would it suddenly shut you car off in the middle of winter and leave you to freeze to death?

Guess I better learn how to build a fucking car from scratch.

Of course something that the American people never would support was hidden in a vitally necessary spending package

Guess I’m gonna keep driving my 2007 Tundra for at least 20 more years

This stock photo is hilariously bad. The fact that’s it’s sorta, kinda related just makes it worse, not better.

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It sounds like made up garbage to me, another weak attempt to smear Biden and his presidency by lame brains with no culture or education of their own. But even so, if there is such a thing as a vehicle kill switch, I can think of several people near for whom I'd love to see it implemented.

Just last week three kids were turned to bloody smears on the road by a teenage girl going 125 in our 25 mph zone neighborhood (a school zone). A week before, two kids were killed by another speeding teenage driver. Last year, we had 34 kids killed by people speeding in our neighborhood, and three left as quadriplegics.

I'm sure most people think they aren't such monsters behind the wheel, the truth is not in whatpeople say they do but in what they actually do behind the wheel. To me, a vehicle kill switch OUGHT to be implemented along with a host of other anti-speeding anti-reckless driving measures. I've seen too much what happens when people dangerously violate the lives of others and their rights to exist.

A little violation of personal privacy would go along way to helping stop these monsters on our roads.

Interesting. I notice none of this seems to be happening to motorcycles?