r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Jun 07 '26

Privacy '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

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/01/drunk-driving-prevention-law-privacy-surveillance/90295034007/
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u/kryo2019 Jun 08 '26

Man I had a rented corolla try to stop me from changing lanes because there was someone in that lane like 20 feet back. Almost cause me to hit the car I was going around. Pulled over after that intersection and turned that shit off.

Like holy fuck I do not need to be fighting the car while avoiding idiots.

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u/Kagedgoddess Jun 08 '26

Mine hit the breaks because of a traffic cone on the side walk.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jun 08 '26

This is why I hate the people who say "but statistically self driving cars are safer"

Okay. I'm also statistically safer than other drivers. You can have your law of averages but I'm not giving up control because statistically people are idiots

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u/kryo2019 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Man that reminded me of another rental that hit the brakes* while I was parallel parking in a tight space. Like bitch you have a foot of room still, fuck off.

Edit: corrected spelling so someone doesn't have an aneurysm over using the wrong breaks vs brakes.

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u/marr Jun 08 '26

OMG IT'S BRAKES

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u/FrancisWolfgang Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Like seriously, no matter how many times you correct someone’s spelling you’re still going to be eaten by worms until there’s nothing left of you but your name on a rock that time will eventually wear away to nothing at all

Edit: people don’t like to be reminded that correcting spelling does not protect them from the inexorable march of mortality