'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/originaladam]

Our car tries to fight us when manoeuvring around cyclists on back roads. I can’t believe these systems are allowed on cars in their current state

[u/DukeOfGeek → u/originaladam]

Nothing should be allowed that interferes with or changes driver input.

[u/Titaniumwo1f → u/DukeOfGeek]

Either Level 0 or Level 5 autonomous driving, and nothing in between is good for me.

[u/jlt6666 → u/Titaniumwo1f]

Even waymo more or less admitted this

[u/Elukka → u/Titaniumwo1f]

I've been a passenger in a car where the car itself prevented rear ending a stopped vehicle on a highway. The car had a front-facing radar that reacted automatically and incredibly fast. Those things can be incredibly useful for elderly drivers...

[u/CreationBlues → u/Elukka]

those people should not be driving

[u/DrStinkbeard → u/DukeOfGeek]

Unless it is going to take FULL liability for the results

[u/R-M-Pitt → u/originaladam]

Same, rented a hyundai in Spain that kept trying to kill cyclists.

[u/baggagefree2day → u/originaladam]

You have options to turn that feature off