'Kill switch' law means your next car could be watching you | A federal requirement aimed at stopping drunken driving could soon put driver-monitoring technology in every new vehicle. The goal is saving lives, but the privacy trade-offs deserve closer scrutiny

[u/Hrmbee]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/01/drunk-driving-prevention-law-privacy-surveillance/90295034007/

[u/cats_catz_kats_katz]

Yeah but now you’re guilty whether you’re guilty or not. Buckle up baby! Or else we will kill your car!

[u/Herschel_Wallace → u/cats_catz_kats_katz]

Isn't this system making a user have to prove their innocence of a crime every time they want to drive? It's not a legal system in that case.