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Re:Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kil... by jacquesm on Friday December 03, 2021 @06:28AM (#29428836)
No, press the button and innocent until reviewed and found to continue to be innocent. Similar to those 'in case of emergency, break glass (abuse will be prosecuted)' emergency brakes on trains and other similar constructs. This is a solved problem, I don't see why you would attach any special significance to it.
Re:Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kil... by koolba on Friday December 03, 2021 @07:20AM (#29429180)
Having every previously analog device around us turn into a puppet of the police state is not a solution to a problem. It’s the basis for a series of new problems. And like all of these nanny state mandates, we end up paying the bill.
Re:Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kil... by throwaway0a5e on Friday December 03, 2021 @07:36AM (#29429315)
In practice what that sounds like is well to do jerks in their nice suburbs and gated communities will be free to drunkenly rearrange their driveway (for whatever benign reason, to get the lawnmower out of the garage or something) and that people in "bad" areas where there is little political power and the .gov is more or less free to abuse them at will will found guilty and be given an option to not be found guilty if they pay into the system some other way (fine and/or driving school is the usual mechanism).

Basically it will just become a side channel for revenue just like everything else about drunk driving already is.