If they actually do this, I'm predicting a run on old pre-controlled cars and trucks, and a thriving black market in circumvention technologies!
Unless, you know, your representative doesn't listen to you. Or you've had a felony. Or you are 17. Or you live overseas. Or you are an immigrant (Some places allow immigrants to vote in local elections).
*Or, increasingly, they did not let you visit, but your co-ethnics in border states are impeding immigration enforcement so that you can stay regardless.
I am American, and can vote in local elections in Norway because I've lived here, legally, at least 3 years. This isn't uncommon, and I find it fair since these are the things that impact me the most. I cannot vote in national elections. Also fair. On the other hand, the American voting forms for me make sure to ask if I ever intend on living there again. I have limited voting in the US, and I sure as heck don't expect any politician to do anything for me unless it'd look good for propaganda.
This is all besides the point: the original post was talking about folks that cannot participate in the democracy they live in.
I'm not even sure what you were trying to say with the last comment. Could you please explain it?
https://www.fairus.org/issue/sanctuary-policies/do-you-live-...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_for_American_Immigr...
As for being anti-immigration, do you also dismiss all pro-immigration organizations (such as the SPLC) as biased?
People have useful input about their communities, regardless of their citizenship
The second part of this is straightforward but can be disabled by the car's owner. The first part may well be completely impossible.
We can't even instruct humans in how to definitively determine impairment except in limited circumstances, and even then it's only a diagnostic test that has to be confirmed by an invasive medical test.
I don't like this law at all or how it made its way into the bill so quietly... but in reality this isn't going to happen in practical terms for a few decades, because it's going to take that long to develop an AI that can do this.
If you need a car, eventually these will be the only options available. Tampering with or removing these misfeatures will eventually be classified as a felony, and suspicion that you may have done so will eventually be used to justify violence against you from the police.
I drive a 20-year-old car because I can't stand the tiny windows, high hoods, giant A-pillars, and high seating positions on new cars. Modern safety regulations mean that I can't buy a new car with my preferred seating position and good forward visibility.
The bad news is, time exists. My car is 22 years old, but in 10 years it'll be 32 years old. All the other sedans with good forward visibility will be 30+ years old, too. Old cars get rusty and dry-rotted, and eventually they get scrapped.
The government doesn't need to force you into a car that takes away your privacy and agency- time will do the job for them.
Using that logic you support slave labor and genital mutilation. Because people already do it, right?
> Seatbelts for starters.
There are no federal seatbelt laws. Because they would likely be unconstitutional. States get to decide on their own. Only part of the discussion.
> Driving is not a right in the US, but a privilege - it’s why you need a license to operate one.
Supreme Court disagrees https://wearechange.org/u-s-supreme-court-says-no-license-ne...
"passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired; and prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if an impairment is detected"
There is an OR for detecting high blood alcohol level.
There are a few years to get input, come up with preliminary rules, get more input, finalize the rules and give time for manufacturers to implement them.
This could save 10,000 lives per year and tens of billions of dollars per year.
The law says "prevent or limit operation". That is pretty broad.
If it is a breathalyzer, or a speed limiter when you are swerving over a 2 minute period, I am fine with that.
If it shuts you down for going over the speed limit for 10 seconds, or make an emergency maneuver, then I am not so happy. But that is why we have a representative form of government, and input on regulations.