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Ok, I recently submitted a story about forensic tests for distracted driving. Now we have this:
Volvo on Wednesday announced plans to install cameras in its vehicles that will monitor drivers for signs of distracted or impaired driving and take action if it appears that a driver’s behavior becomes dangerous.
The Swedish automaker, which recently announced that it would limit the top speeds of its cars as a way of making highways safer, said the cameras would be part of a system that would slow the vehicles and “safely park” them on the side of the road if they detected that a driver was becoming incapacitated or if the driver’s attention had lapsed for a long time. The technology would also summon help from its 24/7 assistance center.
Fuck this. That's my opinion. The day my vehicle tells me that I can't go faster than 73, when I'm headed to the emergency room...
Also, I know that this post is from the Washington Post. If you've already read too many of their articles this month, and are paywalled, consider blocking java script. Works for me...
Also at TechRadar, Engadget & CNet Roadshow.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @05:26PM (10 children)
How often do you go to the emergency room? I mean, besides from being butthurt or overreacting to news?
Around here the slow lane often does 70 - 75 MPH, and the fast lane is well into the 80's. So I doubt this "feature" would be popular, but just wait until the car sends telemetry data to law enforcement and your insurance company all on its own. The times, they are a changin'.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @05:52PM (6 children)
If I'm self-insured, will they send it to me? could be fun to track, but I'm probably not allowed to have it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:01PM
If you pay, they probably will.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:32PM (4 children)
What jurisdiction do you live in that allows self-insurance of motor vehicles?
(Score: 4, Informative) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday March 21 2019, @07:17PM
Most do.
Here it requires the following:
Apply for a certificate of deposit to pay for your liability insurance with the Department of Licensing (www.dol.wa.gov).
Have a liability bond of at least $60,000 filed by a surety bond company that's authorized to do business in Washington.
Per the Office of the Insurance Commissioner:
https://www.insurance.wa.gov/washington-states-mandatory-auto-insurance-law [wa.gov]
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @08:06PM (2 children)
Similar for CA:
* Motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
* Cash deposit of $35,000 with DMV.
* DMV-issued self-insurance certificate.
* Surety bond for $35,000 from a company licensed to do business in California.
I didn't know it could be done by carrying $35,000 cash to the DMV.
Source: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr18 [ca.gov]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @11:24PM (1 child)
be an illegal alien and you don't have to do any of that. or even have a license.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 22 2019, @12:18AM
Better yet, you don't even need a toilet, just shit in the street, on subway, or in a bus!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:13PM (1 child)
What cream should we prescribe for you being afflicted with the postshits due to someone's opinion?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @09:16PM
Any type of scented Vaseline with a handful of sand in it.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday March 22 2019, @03:25PM
I mean, they already offer optional devices like this with promises of lower car insurance rates. It's just that for now we have the ability to tell them to fuck off with them.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"