Obey, or Else. A Preview of Things to Come
Posted by freedomforall 4 months, 2 weeks ago to Politics
Excerpt:
" Almost all cars sold in 2023 and 2024 have a system that can tell whether you have used a turn signal before making a lane change that will proceed to correct your attempt to change lanes if you haven’t signaled first, by electronically trying to steer the car back into the lane you’re trying to leave for the one adjacent. This is marketed as Lane Keep Assistance Technology. The premise being you require “assistance.”
The fact being the car’s programming objects to your disobedient exercise of judgment.
The law says a driver must always signal when changing lanes. The law also says a driver must always come to a complete stop at every stop sign. In neither case is it always necessary and it is sometimes just mindlessly obedient to do it. Why stop completely – robotically – at every stop sign, even where it’s clear there is no reason to, other than it being “the law”? It wastes gas by losing momentum(which must then be recovered, using more gas (and charge, if you are an EV driver) and it increases wear and tear on the car.
But the main thing is, it’s just mindlessly obedient to mindlessly obey every traffic regulation to the letter."
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Sorry, no more freedom to travel, says D.C.
D.C. is irretrievably corrupt. NIFO. It's the only way to be sure.
" Almost all cars sold in 2023 and 2024 have a system that can tell whether you have used a turn signal before making a lane change that will proceed to correct your attempt to change lanes if you haven’t signaled first, by electronically trying to steer the car back into the lane you’re trying to leave for the one adjacent. This is marketed as Lane Keep Assistance Technology. The premise being you require “assistance.”
The fact being the car’s programming objects to your disobedient exercise of judgment.
The law says a driver must always signal when changing lanes. The law also says a driver must always come to a complete stop at every stop sign. In neither case is it always necessary and it is sometimes just mindlessly obedient to do it. Why stop completely – robotically – at every stop sign, even where it’s clear there is no reason to, other than it being “the law”? It wastes gas by losing momentum(which must then be recovered, using more gas (and charge, if you are an EV driver) and it increases wear and tear on the car.
But the main thing is, it’s just mindlessly obedient to mindlessly obey every traffic regulation to the letter."
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Sorry, no more freedom to travel, says D.C.
D.C. is irretrievably corrupt. NIFO. It's the only way to be sure.
It was delightful spending summer there instead of in Texas.
I have a 2016 Chevy Duramax, I like it but it has some of these tendencies as well… Seat belt for example…
I have an older Issue Trooper and I plan on transplanting a VW diesel 4 cylinder. End of the world vehicle, 50 mpg, can be easily converted to be 100% mechanical (no computer) and last up to 500K miles.
We've had a lot of close encounters with deer in our neighborhood. I have no doubt such an incident would have the insurance company to 'total' my MX5 for less than half its current market value (now more than double what I paid for it used in 2014.)
I may declare it as a 'classic' (at 25 years old) this year if that cuts my insurance bills significantly. (Or I may move overseas instead and cut that cost to zero.)
used cars will increase in value
wire cutters to the antenna?
Of course, that would never occur to most modern drivers.
I say, scrap the new and buy old . . . they can go screw themselves.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/new...
In the linked article, he talks about lane keep assistance but misses an important point. Say a deer, for instance, is in your lane. You need to change lanes quickly to not hit it. You are not going to have time to hit the turn signal first. So the "lane keep" prevents you from dodging the deer and steers you into it.
Thanks, Big Brother!!
Until an 'awakening', as AR wrote about in 'Anthem'.