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Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat... by matrss on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:41AM (#38402940)
> However, I've long thought that motor vehicles should have some kind of black box that monitors various driving metrics such as how "smooth" the driving is. This could provide valuable data to insurance companies and they should provide a sizable discount for drivers who agree to provide that data and have good driving scores.

That just opens the door to the driving version of "your grandma had cancer, so you won't get health insurance". Unfortunately, it also already exists.

Re:The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violat... by ndsipa_pomu on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:57AM (#38403058)
> That just opens the door to the driving version of "your grandma had cancer, so you won't get health insurance".

I think that highlights the stupidity of a privatised health insurance system. Not wanting to know about health problems due to a financial disincentive is not a sensible way of managing a populations' health, when typically prevention is much cheaper and more effective than waiting until obvious symptoms show up. I suppose it depends on whether profit is more important than the population's health.