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Vehicle government remote kill switch

submitted by Cantaloupe to whatever 3.3 yearsJan 18, 2022 23:25:02 ago (+13/-0)     (www.zerohedge.com)

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bidens-infrastructure-bill-now-signed-law-mandates-vehicle-kill-switches-2026

Assholes in charge doing their thing


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[ - ] FalseRealityCheck 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 10:51:48 ago (+0/-0)

The plan continues to move forward. Trust the plan, m'kay?

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 09:34:13 ago (+0/-0)*

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[ - ] FalseRealityCheck 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 10:50:02 ago (+0/-0)

... Now Signed Into Law...

[ - ] Prairie 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 04:36:22 ago (+0/-0)

What if you're fleeing someone and swerving around the road etc.? That's the worst time to have your car shut down.

[ - ] Fat_is_healthy 2 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 02:41:03 ago (+2/-0)

I can't wait to hear about how the pig who pulled me over doesn't agree with the law but has to impound my truck anyways.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 00:23:22 ago (+0/-0)

Begs the question: when do they come for older models and how do they intend to go about it?

[ - ] veggy 1 point 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 00:37:07 ago (+1/-0)

I read up on it. Will mandate the new tech be retrofitted in (another six years) and then have to pass a certification test, similar to a road inspection, that it all works and is according to spec.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 1 point 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 00:46:25 ago (+1/-0)

The technical hurdles to make that happen -- and, thus, the cost -- increase exponentially with the age of each vehicle.
That effectively prices car ownership beyond all but the wealthiest, and just in line with the current administration's stated timeframe of eliminating internal combustion engines.

[ - ] 1Icemonkey 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 07:04:34 ago (+0/-0)

Poor people drive like shit. Get them off my roads.

[ - ] ItsBacon 1 point 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 02:21:01 ago (+1/-0)

Cash for Clunkers.

[ - ] patchCodeUnsuccessful 0 points 3.3 yearsJan 18, 2022 23:35:30 ago (+0/-0)

Almost like right to repair was purposefully destroyed.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 1 point 3.3 yearsJan 19, 2022 00:31:10 ago (+1/-0)

I can see now how that was a lead-up to this and not just a means by which to extract even more money out of hapless consumers.
Freedom of travel invariably means having freedom of control over one's means of travel.
Denying people access to modifying and repairing their vehicles puts them at the mercy of a fickle and cruel incestuous marriage between government and corporation.