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Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by matheusmoreira on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:20AM (#36161328)
So what? If that's the price to pay to maintain control, fine.

These precedents are also creating risk by the way. It hasn't been that long ago since news was posted here of security researchers remotely cutting off car engines or cars repossessing themselves if you don't pay on time. That's the sort of existential risk you're paving the way for by accepting "safety" in exchange for control. It's not really your car anymore, it's the government's car, the insurer's car. What other policies would they like to set, I wonder?

Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by regularjack on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:53AM (#36163918)
Right, it's a slippery slope. Today they're making your car save lives, tomorrow they'll be draining your bank accounts and seducing your significant others.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by matheusmoreira on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:41AM (#36164301)
The examples I cited were not hypothetical. The "tomorrow" you dismiss as some unrealistic joke is already here. Search HN for the news if you don't believe it.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by peteradio on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:44PM (#36168355)
How many lives makes it worth it? Just one? Should it make an appreciable difference? I am hesitant to hand the reigns of society to safety nazi bean counters who are more interested in appearing to "do sometihng" than actually improving our lives.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds... by darkerside on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:14AM (#36164082)
Beware false dichotomies