They touted it weeks ago by 2026 all vehicles must implement monitoring systems for “impaired” drivers to prevent drunk drivers and crashes as a result.
Is it going to monitor my pupils and heart rate? What if I’m not paying attention and hit the white line too much? On some older roads that shit beeps constantly since it detects old lines and new lines, if I’m playing with my climate control and stereo will it cut off in a middle of a turn on a flashing yellow and I get killed?
Hopefully this shit gets removed or overturned, if not I hope there’s an easy fix that can disable it otherwise they can keep their new cars.
I don’t need the government even inside my vehicle, their in my phone, social media, internet, work, walking down the street. Can I just have some privacy in my home and vehicle.
What if I’m not paying attention
then you shouldn't be driving
Ok nerd, no one is every distracted while driving. Let the nanny state take care of you.
what if I'm not paying attention
I didn't say that, (((someone))) else did.
You probably wouldn't be able to remove it without breaking in to the module and removing some components and re-routing others.
I know on diesel trucks you can go to special garages that are legal and have your catalytic converter removed, they also hook up into the main systems and turn on or off features and for extra you can buy the interface and change stuff at will.
Hopefully it can be turned off via a route like that.
Yeah it's all software, I'd say 95%. After a couple years there is always reverse engineered work arounds. And a market for them.
Edit: half the time you need to buy a programmable PCM though. So I guess that's more than 5%. But that's the limitations, the software, and being able to rewrite it. Read only vs rewriteable. Factory PCM's you typically have one shot at it or it's bricked. Somehow I dunno, I'm not a programmer.
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